Sharon Kinchela, Rosie Matthews and Debbie Kinchela interviewed by Colleen Hattersley in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 887735
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kinchela, Sharon, 1964-, 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 (90 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Sharon speaks about her parents who worked on sheep properties; her siblings and their childhood; and the removal without permission of the five Kinchela children and three of their cousins in 1973. The children were placed at Horton Village Children's Home, Toowoomba and the eldest boy succeeded in persuading authorities to keep the children together until their mother came and took them home in 1977. Sharon, Debbie and Rose describe conditions at the Home. Sharon talks about the long-term effects of separation on the family; her career; and the Bringing Them Home march in Brisbane.
- 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 Mar. 28, 2001 in Ipswich, Qld.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218399731
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 45 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Kinchela, Sharon, 1964- -- Interviews
- Kinchela, Debbie -- Interviews
- Matthews, Rosie -- Interviews
- Horton Village Children's Home (Toowoomba, Qld.)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Families, Aboriginal Australian -- Queensland
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Queensland -- Toowoomba
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Adoption
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Education
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