Allan Mansell interviewed by Lyn McLeavy in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1119000
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mansell, Allan, 1957-, 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
- 2 digital audio tapes (100 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mansell, artist and Aboriginal Australian man separated child, speaks about his early childhood on Flinders Island, Tas. He was removed with a younger sister from his family around the age of 8. About a year later, he was separated from his sister and transferred from receiving home to receiving home until he was adopted by a family in Hobart. Mansell describes conditions at the Salvation Army Home at New Town, and talks about the prejudice he encountered in school and his feelings of isolation amidst his adoptive family. After leaving school at the age of 16, he worked in a variety of jobs. He is currently living on Bruny Island. He expresses his views on separation, which he believes created more problems than it solved.
- 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 Aug. 9, 2001 in Hobart, Tas.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218461107
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 40 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Mansell, Allan, 1957- -- Interviews
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Tasmania
- Artists -- Australia -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Families, Aboriginal Australian -- Tasmania
- Aboriginal Australians -- Tasmania -- Education
- Adopted children -- Tasmania
- Aboriginal Australians -- Child welfare
- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
- Other authors/contributors:
- McLeavy, Lyn, 1948-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1849
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