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Stolen Generations Education : Aboriginal Cultural Strengths and Social and Emotional Well Being, by Norman Sheehan
This image has been sourced from Front coverThis workbook, authored by Dr Norman Sheehan and produced by Link-Up (Qld) is aimed to provide information and methods that help novices to engage with Stolen Generations knowledge. Focusing on the work and services of Link-Up (Qld), it outlines 'an Aboriginal Cultural Strengths... social and emotional well being approach to understanding how we got here; how the Stolen Generations came to be a significant part of the history of Queensland, and what this means for human rights, education and the Social and Emotional Well Being. (...more)See full AustLit entry -
Been a Lot of Change But the Feeling Is Still There : A Book About the Pain of Being Taken Away and the Celebration of Rediscovering Family, edited by Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entryA brief collection of autobiographical works, including stories about being taken away, about mission life, and about being reconnected with family.
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Us Taken-Away Kids : Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report, edited by Christina Kenny
This image has been sourced from front coverSee full AustLit entryIntroduction states: 'To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Bringing Them Home report (1997), it is fitting that we should look to those whose stories of removal formed the basis of the report and its recommendations. With this in mind, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission invited Indigenous peoples across Australia to tell us their experiences of removal, their thoughts ten years on from the Inquiry and their hopes for the future.
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In this essay Heiss demonstrates that stories, poetry, songs, plays and memoirs are 'living' evidence of truths otherwise untold or appropriated (Source: Introduction)
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'The Bringing Them Home Oral History Project ran from 1998 to 2002 and served to collect and preserve the stories of Indigenous people and others, such as missionaries, police and administrators involved in or affected by the process of child removals.'
Source: National Library of Australia.
View the library's website for this project to access interviews and other information.
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Stolen Generations' Testimonies online http://stolengenerationstestimonies.comSee full AustLit entry'The ‘Stolen Generations’ Testimonies’ project is an initiative to record on film the personal testimonies of Australia’s Stolen Generations Survivors and share them online.'
'The Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation hopes the online museum will become a national treasure and a unique and sacred keeping place for Stolen Generations’ Survivors’ Testimonies. By allowing Australians to listen to the Survivors’ stories with open hearts and without judgement, the foundation hopes more people will be engaged in the healing process.
(...more)This series of video interviews can be access directly at Stolen Generations' Testimonies.
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A resource provided by NITV, Explainer: The Stolen Generations includes thorough information on the aspects and consequences of the removals, as well as a timeline of key events.
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