Ken Colbung interviewed by Lilly Kauler in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5979
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Colbung, Ken, 1931-2010, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2001
- 3 digital audio tapes (140 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Colbung, Aboriginal activist and Indigenous separated child speaks about being removed from his mother and being sent to the Moore River Settlement, W.A. Later he was transferred to Sister Kate's Children's Home. He compares the living conditions at Moore River with conditions at Sister Kate's. He recalls his memories of Ruth Lefroy and Sister Kate Clutterbuck. When he left Sister Kate's he went to work as a drover in the Pilbara before joining the Army. Colbung talks about his involvement in Aboriginal politics and about the effects of separation on himself and his family. He also expresses his views on Reconciliation and the need to preserve Aboriginal culture.
- 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. 2, 2001 on Edgewater, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 51 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Colbung, Ken, 1931-2010 -- Interviews
- Moore River Native Settlement (W.A.)
- Sister Kate's Child & Family Services
- Western Australia. Department for Community Welfare
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Legal status, law, etc
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- Perth
- Occupation:
- Aboriginal rights activists
- Other authors/contributors:
- Kauler, Lily Bhavna, 1955-, 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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