Many Voices : Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL –

“Many Voices presents a spoken history that remains as compelling as the moments these events occurred. In their generosity and courage its contributors have created an invaluable gift for all Australians.”

• xi, 324 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 2 cm. + 1 sound disc (CD) #050825
• Gift inscription on half-title

• Partial contents:

  • Contents of CD: Track 1. Jim Hart, b.1927, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch. 5. Interviewer: David Woodgate (3m 02s)
  • track 2. Clara Coulthard, b.1929, South Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 3. Interviewer: Sue Anderson (4m 06s)
  • track 3. John Moriarty, AM, b.1938, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, separated from family as a child. See ch. 4. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 12s)
  • track 4. Sandra Hill, b.1951, Western Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 11. Interviewer: John Bannister (4m 11s)
  • track 5. Trevor Deshong, b.1965, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch .6. Interviewer: Colleen Hattersley (4m 45s)
  • track 6. Julie Wilson, b.1958, New South Wales, adopted as an infant. See ch. 6. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 04s)
  • track 7. Dorothy Pyatt, b.1918, South Australia, police officer in remote South Australia, 1950s and 1960s. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Karen George (4m 18s)
  • track 8. Margaret Somerville, MBE, b.1912, New South Wales, Northern Territory, missionary and cottage mother. See ch. 7. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (3m 15s)
  • track 9. Reg Worthy, OAM, b.1920, Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria, welfare officer, senior administrator, Departmental Head. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Barbara Erskine (4m 55s)D

  Notes:

  • Includes index.
  • Accompanying sound disc features nine audio excerpts taken directly from the Bringing Them Home Oral History Project interviews.
  • Introduction by Jan Fullerton.
  • Bibliography: p. 307-314.
  • Digital content preserved
  • Accompanying sound disc for NL copy kept as N2 copy at Nmt 4721.

  First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Child welfare – Children’s homes
  • History – Oral history
  • Government policy
  • Child welfare – Child / parent separation
  • Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations
  • Australia

  Subject:

  • Bringing Them Home Oral History Project
  • Aboriginal Australians — Biography
  • Children, Aboriginal Australian — Biography
  • Aboriginal Australians — Interviews
  • Aboriginal Australians — Removal
  • Aboriginal Australians — Child welfare
  • Aboriginal Australians — Government policy
  • Australian

  Other authors/contributors:

  • Mellor, Doreen, 1948-, editor
  • Haebich, Anna, editor
  • Fullerton, Jan, writer of introduction
  • National Library of Australia