Laurie Clarke interviewed by Roderic Lacey in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 721132
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Clarke, Laurie, 1971-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research to transcript only; written permission required for personal copies and public use of transcript only during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2000 Aug
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 138 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project
- Summary:
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Laurie Clarke, born 1971, in bush near Lake Condah, Vic. Clarke was six months old when he and five of his siblings were removed. He describes the living conditions in St Joseph's Home, Sebastopol, Vic. At around the age of 9, he was fostered out to a white family in Ballarat. Clarke discusses his reunion with his birth family and his working life. He also expresses his views on the policy of removal and how it has contributed to the loss of Aboriginal culture and language.
- 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 Aug. 23-24, 2000 at Ballarat, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Accompanying material includes a paper ([4] p.) by Laurie Clarke on the history of government policy in the treatment of Aborigines and entitled: Stolen generation.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 3 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Clarke, Laurie, 1971- -- Interviews
- St. Joseph's Home for Young Children (Sebastopol, Vic.)
- Families, Aboriginal Australian -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australian family reunions
- Aboriginal Australians in medicine -- Victoria -- Interviews
- Foster home care -- Victoria -- Ballarat
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Victoria
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Ethnic identity
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lacey, Roderic, 1932-2007, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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