Allan Rees interviewed by Colleen Hattersley in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 747342
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Rees, Allan, 1931-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2000 Aug. 25
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 70 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Allan Rees, born 1931, Perth, W.A. Rees speaks about working as a Sunday school teacher at Roelands Mission, W.A. during the early 1950s. He also talks about his employment at Cosmo Newbery Aboriginal Penal Settlement in 1956-57 and his postings with United Aborigines Mission to the Sunday Island Mission and to the Amy Bethel Hostel at Derby. He also discusses the twin Aboriginal boys that he and his wife fostered. Rees later worked at Mount Margaret Mission and at Fitzroy Crossing Mission.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Aug. 25, 2000 in Derby, W.A.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218318534
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 25 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Rees, Allan, 1931- -- Interviews
- United Aborigines Mission
- Missionaries -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australiansx Ethnic identity
- Aboriginal Australians -- Child welfare
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Western Australia
- Occupation:
- Missionaries
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hattersley, Colleen, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2000
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