The claimed Aboriginal ancestry of the Labor stalwart, the late Viv Maher, poses a conundrum for many of South Australia’s Aboriginal groups - they just can’t seem to place her connections to mob.

Was Viv Maher mistaken in her belief that she was of Aboriginal ancestry?

We now provide the full research notes on Viv Maher’s family tree that we believe indicate that all her ancestors came from either Germany or England. We could find no evidence of any Aboriginal ancestry at all.