David Jungala Kriss interviewed by Helen Belle Curzon-Siggers in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 294570
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kriss, David, 1960?, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 137 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Kriss speaks about his early childhood with his parents on a cattle station west of Alice Springs. He was removed at the age of 6 and placed at St. Mary's Anglican Hostel before being fostered by a white family in Melbourne who had previously fostered his older sister. He talks about his education at Ballarat and Clarendon College, and his working 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. 6, 1999 in Eltham, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary available (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 58 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Kriss, David, 1960? -- Interviews
- St. Mary's Church of England Home (Alice Springs, N.T.)
- Aboriginal Australian foster children -- Victoria -- Interviews
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Removal
- Foster home care -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Education -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Child welfare
- 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- Unpublished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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