Ken Lindley interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1854266
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lindley, Ken, 1937-, 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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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (110 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Lindley, a teacher's aide and Indigenous separated child was taken from his family at Mogumber Methodist Mission, W.A. in 1940 and placed at Sister Kate's Children's Home. He speaks about the living conditions at Sister Kate's and recalls his memories of Sister Kate Clutterbuck and Mrs Lefroy. He contrasts his treatment at Sister Kate's with that which he received at Greenbushes and Kenwick where he was sent later. Lindley also talks of reuniting with some of his family, and expresses his opinions on the policy of assimilation and the process of Reconciliation.
- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Nov. 27, 1999 in Westminster, W.A.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218236117
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Lindley, Ken, 1937- -- Interviews
- Sister Kate's Child & Family Services
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Child welfare
- Teachers' assistants -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
- Occupation:
- Teachers' aides
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bannister, John (William John Egerton), 1967-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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