The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs transferred this collection from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, now Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division (AARD) in April 2007. The collection contains photographs, negatives, slides, glass plate negatives and digital images. This material documents Aboriginal peoples family life and history donated to (AARD) by families and individuals (Donor) for the purpose of facilitating family, genealogical, academic and native title research. Materials include related indexes and files.