Vince Wenberg interviewed by Frank Heimans in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2978303
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wenberg, Vince, 1932-2020, 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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- 2001
- 2 digital audio tapes (95 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Wenberg was 8 years old when he and his siblings were removed from their mother. He and his brothers were placed in Yarra Bay Home at La Perouse, Sydney and his sisters were sent to Bidura. He was placed in a foster home at Pipers Flat for a time before the family was briefly reunited in 1942. He describes his feelings when he and his siblings were split up and sent to homes at Kinchela, Cootamundra and Bomaderry. Wenberg describes living conditions at Kinchela Boys Home. He left Kinchela in 1948 and worked for several years on a sheep station at Moree. He joined the New South Wales Department of Railways in 1954 and remained there until his retirement in 1993. He outlines his career as an engine driver, and expresses his opinion on the policy of removal.
- 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. 6, 2001 at Merrylands, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218480954
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 43 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Wenberg, Vince, 1932-2020 -- Interviews
- Yarra Bay Home (Sydney, N.S.W.)
- Kinchela Boys Home (N.S.W.)
- Aboriginal Australian family reunions
- Locomotive engineers -- New South Wales -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Other authors/contributors:
- Heimans, Frank, 1943-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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