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Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 833081
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Access Conditions Access conditions vary. 
Description 1998-2002 
736 digital audio tapes. 
Summary

340 interviews were recorded by 41 interviewers. Interviews were conducted with families and children who experienced separation, as well as with those who cared for them, worked in institutions, and were involved with administration, policy and implementation in a professional capacity.

Notes

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.

Summaries and transcripts generally available.

The project arises from the Commonwealth Government response to the recommendations of Bringing them home, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families. The aim of the project was to record the diverse experiences of people directly affected by Indigenous child separation and to shed light on the policy and legislative frameworks that supported the separations.

Digital master available National Library of Australia

Many voices : reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation / edited by Doreen Mellor and Anna Haebich. Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2002.

Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Removal.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Institutional care.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Missions.
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Many voices.

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