Karyn Walsh interviewed by Anne Monsour for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5808158
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Walsh, Karyn, 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
- 2 sound files (ca. 209 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Karyn Walsh speaks of her family background and early life, her father's tuberculosis; the death of her mother; schooling at St Patrick's and then Our Lady of Mercy, South Mackay; religious conflict in the family, Catholics versus protestants; generosity of families that welcomed them into their homes; death of sister at 26 with leukaemia; Mackay community; nurse training at Base Hospital Mt Isa and Mater at Rockhampton and Brisbane; involvement with several Catholic groups; St Vincent de Paul; decides not to pursue religious life but work for social justice in the community; first youth worker in Rockhampton; youth shelter for the homeless; care leavers; marriage and removal to Brisbane; provision of supported accommodation for care leavers; working in St Mary's community, Brisbane with the disadvantaged; Church project to look at violence in Christian communities; need for direct service delivery for the homeless; Centacare; Micah Projects Inc.; personal relationship with Catholic Church; vulnerability of Forgotten Australians or Stolen Generation; 30 years of involvement in the community sector working for social justice.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 11 February 2012 in Brisbane, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary. (22 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Monsour, Anne, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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