Pattie Lees interviewed by Colleen Hattersley in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2663460
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lees, Pattie, 1948-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2001
- 2 digital audio tapes (100 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Lees was one of five children removed from their mother's care in 1958. Initially they were placed in an orphanage in Townsville, Qld. where the youngest was immediately adopted by a white family. The other children were told, however, that their sister had died. Lees' other sister was fostered, but she and her two brothers were sent to Palm Island. She speaks about living conditions on Palm Island and about her mentor Father Cassian Double. She also describes her efforts to reunite her family and the shock of discovering that the sister who she thought was dead was in fact alive. Lees was the first Aboriginal woman to join the Navy. She later married and raised four children. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Mt Isa Aboriginal Legal Service.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on June 13, 2001 in Brisbane, Qld.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218463140
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Lees, Pattie, 1948- -- Interviews
- Double, Cassian, Father, 1925-2009
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Queensland
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Queensland -- Palm Island
- Aboriginal Australians -- Education -- Queensland -- Palm Island
- Family reunification -- Queensland
- Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hattersley, Colleen, 1944-, 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:
- 2001
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