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Vital Aboriginal records saved in the 70s by an astute WA archivist

Margaret Medcalf, who turns 100 this week, insisted that decades of Aboriginal welfare records be preserved in the state archives and not destroyed. Those documents have proved essential to connecting Aboriginal people…

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ABC AustraliaMar 29, 2026, 1:32 AM

Vital Aboriginal records saved in the 70s by an astute WA archivist

Margaret Medcalf, who turns 100 this week, insisted that decades of Aboriginal welfare records be preserved in the state archives and not destroyed. Those documents have proved essential to connecting Aboriginal people with their family history.

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