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'The intention of this publication has been to highlight the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their Aboriginal families to be placed in government settlements, missions and children's homes. In this publication Aboriginal people who were removed as children recount personal oral histories of separation from their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and extended families. Recounted as well, is the trauma experienced by the parents, who were physically and legally disempowered by the laws and policies which governed all aspects of Aboriginal peoples' lives'. (Source: Acknowledgements).
Notes
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Editor's note: What is clear from the Home's history and the personal stories in this collection is that no Home can ever replace the care and love of a close, supportive family.
Contents
- Coolungar Thievesi"Nigh! Listen! Can you hear", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Introduction, single work non-fiction (p. 2)
- Motheri"She holds me in the darkness", single work poetry (p. 16)
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A View from Parkerville : Gladys Milroy,
single work
oral history
Gladys Milroy spent her childhood in Parkerville Children's Home which was established by Sister Kate. She remembers when Sister Kate moved to establish a Home for lighter coloured Aboriginal children which came to be known as Sister Kate's Home in Queens Park.
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Parents the Hurt Continues : Don Collard,
single work
oral history
Don and his wife Sylvia had fourteen children, nine of whom were taken away. Don describes the heartache of when his children were taken from them. The first child taken was Ellen after she was placed in a hospital by her parents when sick. Upon her recovery Ellen was fostered to white parents without her parents permission. The remaining eight were later taken by Church authorities and placed in Sister Kate's Home for children in Queens Park, Perth.
- Parents the Hurt Continues : Rosemary Budd, single work oral history (p. 25-27)
- Children's Memories : Doreen Hill, single work oral history (p. 30-32)
- Children's Memories : Daphne Whitehead, single work oral history (p. 33-35)
- Children's Memories : Alice Simmons, single work oral history (p. 36-39)
- Children's Memories : Chris Jackamarra, single work oral history (p. 40-42)
- Children's Memories : Gus Miller, single work oral history (p. 43-46)
- Children's Memories : Gordon Blackwood, single work oral history (p. 47-50)
- Children's Memories : Cathy Culbong, single work oral history (p. 51-53)
- Sister Kate'si"When I was a boy", single work poetry (p. 54)
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Chilren's Memories : Graeme Dixon,
single work
oral history
'The first time I went into Sister Kate's I was about three years old, the second time I was six years old. I hardly ever saw my brothers and sisters except for things like bonfire night, outings to the zoo and church. I was put in Magpie Cottage which was full of fair kids...' (Source: Graeme Dixon, Graeme Dixon in Echoes of the Past : Sister Kate's Home Revisted, 2002:55)
- Chilren's Memories : Bonnie Ingram, single work oral history (p. 60-63)
- Children's Memories : Wesley Collard, single work oral history (p. 64-67)
- Greatnessi"The best day is, Today", single work poetry (p. 70)
- Commemorations Loved Family Members : Margaret Culbong, single work oral history (p. 71-74)
- A Legend In His Timei"He could climb the highest mountain", single work poetry (p. 75)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction
2002
single work
non-fiction
— Appears in: Echoes of the Past : Sister Kate's Home Revisited 2002; (p. 2)
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Introduction
2002
single work
non-fiction
— Appears in: Echoes of the Past : Sister Kate's Home Revisited 2002; (p. 2)
- Moore River Native Settlement (1918-1951), Western Australia,
- Stolen Generations (Australia)
- Sister Kate's Children's Home
- Family history
- Childhood trauma
- Memories of childhood
- Aboriginal assimilation (Government policy)
- Aboriginal activists
- Growing up
- Western Australia
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers
- Child rearing
- Indigenous pride
- Runaways
- Aboriginal-White relations
- Reunions & homecomings