Peg Eaton interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 285804
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Eaton, Peg (Margaret Lilly), 1924-, 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 tape (ca. 120 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Peg Eaton speaks about her 50 years of work with Aboriginal people as the Coordinator of Welfare for the Church of Christ. Drawing on her own experience, she expresses her views on the attitude of missionaries towards Indigenous people, and the policies of assimilation and child removal. Eaton also speaks about her disenchantment with the Church of Christ.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Oct. 24, 1999 at Dianella, W.A.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218223327
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 45 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Eaton, Peg (Margaret Lilly), 1924- -- Interviews
- Roelands Native Mission (W.A.)
- Missionaries -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Western Australia -- Roelands
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Cultural assimilation
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Western Australia -- Attitudes
- 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- Unpublished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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