Bill Simon interviewed by Frank Heimans in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1122481
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Simon, Bill, 1947-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies. Written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2001
- 3 digital audio tapes (145 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Simon, one of the Biripi people, speaks about his childhood on Purfleet Mission, N.S.W. He was removed at the age of 8 with his younger brothers and placed at Kinchela Boys Home in Kempsey. He describes the harsh living conditions at Kinchela. Simon left Kinchela at the age of 16 to work. When he was about 19, he was reunited with his mother, but their relationship was difficult to re-establish. He later became a Christian and began working with prisoners. He is currently an assistant pastor with the Anglican Diocese in Redfern and with the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ. He also works for the Baptist Inner Cities Ministries providing meals to people on the streets in the Kings Cross area. Simon talks about the long-term effects of removal and the harsh treatment at Kinchela upon his brothers and himself.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on July 27, 2001 at Cremorne, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218459822
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript (typescript, 56 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Simon, Bill, 1947- -- Interviews
- Purfleet Mission (N.S.W.)
- Kinchela Boys Home (N.S.W.)
- Clergy -- Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- New South Wales -- Purfleet
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- New South Wales -- Kempsey
- Other authors/contributors:
- Heimans, Frank, 1943-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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