Emma Johnston interviewed by Deborah Anne Somersall in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 294591
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Johnston, Emma, 1918-, 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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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (90 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Johnston speaks about being removed from and returned to her mother twice during her childhood. She was eventually sent to the Mona Mona Seventh Day Adventist Mission at Kuranda, Qld. around 1933, while the rest of her family were sent to Palm Island. She describes the living conditions at the Mission. She also discusses her adult life.
- 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 Oct. 18, 1999 in Malanda, Far North Qld.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218209821
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 51 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Johnston, Emma, 1918- -- Interviews
- Mona Mona Mission (Qld.)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Queensland
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Queensland
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Queensland -- Treatment
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Education -- Queensland
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Child welfare
- Other authors/contributors:
- Somersall, Deborah, 1966-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Until 2069 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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