Robert Kain interviewed by Jennifer Barrkman for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5883420
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kain, Robert, 1925-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 1 sound file (ca. 98 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Robert Kain talks about his background, parents and siblings, his birth name; the circumstances of being abandoned and fostered; foster families; an overview of his early life; Salvation Army Boys Home, Box Hill; his experiences in the home; friends; being a Ward of the state; his education; work experiences after leaving the home; his first marriage and loss of his family in a car accident; grief; moving to Queensland (1960s); marriage; the search for his father; discovering he had a sister; the impact of the Apology to the Forgotten Australians; the lack of opportunities in early life and negative consequences of not having parents; his experience of 2011 Brisbane flood and its impact; his current living situation; his personal faith; aging.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 14 March 2012 in Ipswich, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Barrkman, Jennifer, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
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- Until 2082 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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