Alice Adams interviewed by Colleen Brown in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1349597
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Adams, Alice, 1940-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 64 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Adams speaks about her removal at age 4 months to Bomaderry Children's Home, N.S.W. At the age of 12, she was transferred to Cootamundra Girls Home, before later returning to Bomaderry Children's Home to help look after the children. Adams speaks about her calling to missionary work, the policy of child removal, and Matron Hiscock.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander users are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on Mar. 30, 1999 at North Nowra, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218183501
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 30 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Adams, Alice, 1940- -- Interviews
- Missionaries -- Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- New South Wales
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Ethnic identity
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Child welfare - Children's homes
- Cootamundra (SW NSW SI55-11)
- Occupation:
- Missionaries
- Other authors/contributors:
- Brown, Colleen, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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