Sandra Hill interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 299101
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hill, Sandra, 1951-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies of edited transcript and audio. Written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 3 digital audio tapes (157 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Hill speaks about her parents and about her removal at around the age of 7 to Sister Kate's Children's Home, Perth. She describes the harsh living conditions at Sister Kate's. At the age of 10, she and her older sister were fostered out and it was in the foster home that she started to draw. She talks about using her art to explore her Aboriginal identity and discusses the context of some of her works.
- 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. 30, 1999 in Perth, W.A.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218228257
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 54 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Hill, Sandra, 1951- -- Interviews
- Sister Kate's Child & Family Services
- Artists -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australian foster children -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Child welfare
- Foster home care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Western Australia
- 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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- Material type:
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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