Mervyn Pattemore interviewed by Glenys Dimond in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 660385
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pattemore, Mervyn, 1922-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2000 Nov. 1
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 133 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mervyn Pattemore (born 1922, Ulmirra, near Grafton, NSW). Pattemore speaks about his family background and his training as a missionary with the Aborigines Inland Mission. His first posting was at Phillip Creek Mission near Tennant Creek, N.T. He outlines his duties at the Mission and describes the living conditions. He also discusses the removal of children to the Retta Dixon Home in Darwin. In 1953, Pattemore established a mission and school at Borroloola. He talks about the removal of children from Borroloola and the effect of the equal pay decision. In 1962, he was appointed as the Superintendent of the Retta Dixon Home. He discusses the children who were at the Home, and expresses his views on the policy of removal and the Bringing Them Home Inquiry.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Nov. 1, 2000 at Humpty Doo, N.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218346613
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (10 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 47 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Pattemore, Mervyn, 1922- -- Interviews
- Borroloola Mission
- Retta Dixon Children's Home -- Administration
- Missionaries -- Northern Territory -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Northern Territory
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Northern Territory
- Cherbourg Reserve (Australia)
- Phillip Creek Station (N.T.)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dimond, Glenys, 1950-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2000
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