Helen Baldwin interviewed by Helen Belle Curzon-Siggers in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 297299
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Baldwin, Helen, 1952-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use of edited transcript and audio.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (125 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Baldwin was separated from her mother at birth and placed at the Presbyterian Babies Home at Camberwell, Vic. She later spent time in Turana Home and Kildonan Presbyterian Home at Box Hill in Melbourne. Baldwin talks about tracing and meeting her siblings. She also expresses her views on the policy of child removal and the issue of compensation for separated families.
- 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 Sept. 10, 1999 in Ferntree Gully, Vic.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218204241
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary (3 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 76 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Baldwin, Helen, 1952- -- Interviews
- Kildonan Homes for Children
- Presbyterian Babies Home
- Turana Youth Training Centre
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Child welfare
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Victoria
- Other authors/contributors:
- Curzon-Siggers, Helen, 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- Unpublished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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