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Submission: Truth Telling for Stolen Children – Records and the Yoorrook Justice Commission

There’s no way of knowing what records were created & are still held by NGO’s about Aboriginal children removed from their families.

Media Article “Buried Lives”

From the Guardian “When the United Aborigines Mission wound up in 2020, boxes of records disappeared – leaving stolen generations survivors with agonising questions”

Farewell Uncle Jack Charles

Revered Elder Uncle Jack Charles leaves a powerful legacy that will continue to impact on our country for many years to come.

Reblog: Improving Records Access for Stolen Generations

In NAIDOC week, improving records access for Stolen Generations should be a priority for archives everywhere. This training is still available, just as important as it was when first posted in 2021, and provided free.

The Life Stories Project is Wrapping Up

A project that documents the stories of people who spent time in care, in their own words & on their own terms, is coming to a close.

Improving Records Access for Stolen Generations

The Healing Foundation has developed training that will improve records access for Stolen Generations in collaboration with experts, including Find & Connect

Victorian Stolen Generations Reparations Design Consultation

The Stolen Generations Steering Committee are inviting Stolen Generations and family to yarn about a Reparations package

Life Stories Project

Putting people in control of the narrative around their time in care with their own stories & in their own words.

Own Your Story, Own Your Mob, Mob Owns You – Re-authoring the colonial archive

Guest Post: “The colonial archive continues to have a disempowering impact on our people whose lives have been extensively documented and controlled for the purposes of surveillance and dispossession.”

Revisiting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Reading the reports from the deaths in custody Royal Commission, there are many ideas which still resonate today – about access to archival records, about the intergenerational legacy of institutionalisation, about justice.
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