Edith Willoway interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2473530
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Willoway, Edith, 1938-2018, 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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- 2000
- 1 digital audio tape (55 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project
- Summary:
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Willoway speaks about her removal from her mother at the age of 3. She was placed at Sister Kate's Children's Home, Queens Park, W.A. where she remained for 14 years before going out to work as a domestic. Willoway talks about the living conditions at the Home, and about her recollections of Sister Kate. She also talks about meeting her mother at age 11 and again at age 22, and about the effect of separation upon both her mother and herself. She also expresses her views on the issues of compensation and Reconciliation.
- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Dec. 13, 2000 at Perth, W.A.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218420316
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 22 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Willoway, Edith, 1938-2018 -- Interviews
- Sister Kate's Child & Family Services
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Western Australia
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Ethnic identity
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bannister, John (William John Egerton), 1967-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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