Topics: Families and children
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Central - view
Her mother died when she was young and her father was an alcoholic so she was sent to live with her aunty and uncle
West - view
a favoured church of Governor MacArthur, and the times Gordon and the other children spent there
West - view
as a teenager she ran away from her abusive husband in Cobar, taking her children with her and somehow making her way in Sydney and The Entrance. And the many times she went back to him, trying to make a go of life with him, but he remained abusive
West - view
At a memorial to the Gully, Uncle Colin Locke , perusing a map of who lived at the Gully , shares stories and information he recalls from the 1950s.
Central - view
At the age of four Robert Kitchener and his brothers were taken from their parents and then separated from each other
West - view
Uncle Gordon Briscoe revisits the old Mulgoa dormitory in which he and the other children slept during their time there in the 1940’s
South West - view
Auntie Dolly Brown moved from Queensland as a young girl, with her 15 brothers and sisters
South Coastal - view
Sisters Auntie Janny Ely and Auntie Judy Chester spent three years (from 1959) in the army barracks at Herne Bay (where those with nowhere to go ended up) waiting for a government house. Their mother was very ill and, despite help from family, they learned to cook early and Janny missed a lot of school looking after her.
Central - view
As an 18 yr old Robert was struggling to materially care for his children, with no help from the state
South West - view
Auntie Glenda Chalker recalls some of her family history and the connections being rekindled between local families
West - view
“Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise” says Sooty (Kevin) Welsh of the fact that he has no memories of Marella Boys Home where he was taken at the age of 4.
Central - view
Uncle Chicka Madden met his future wife, Lil (who worked out at Sweet Acres), at Palms Milk Bar in Regent St. He went on to have many children. Their children are: Craig, Lee, Diedre and Tony Madden
North Coastal - view
put together unknown pieces of Biddy ’s children’s story
West - view
Maria , daughter of Yarramundi and top student of the Native Institute, married a carpenter from the First Fleet, Robert Locke, in St John’s church at Parramatta.
West - view
Uncle Dennis Foley remembers his cousins, four girls who were taken away when he was six
North Coastal - view
Agnes and Bob’s great grandmother and great uncles
Central - view
Uncle Chicka Madden spent some of his time in Uralla, with his Aunty, and some being educated at Redfern Public School. At the age of 14 he got an exemption from school so he could start working and help support the family after his father had joined the army: “You were scratching for a feed.”
West - view
Dennis himself was later taken to Minda home when his father became ill and his mother fell behind on the rent. The police came to his school to get him - a regular occurrence for Aboriginal children in Chester Hill North
South Coastal - view
moved to Caroline St, Redfern as children because of their mother’s ill health