Mary Shadford interviewed by Anne Ronberg in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1187113
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Shadford, Mary, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use of transcript only.
- Description:
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- 2001
- 2 digital audio tapes (75 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Shadford speaks about her early memories living at The Bungalow, Alice Springs, and about her removal at around the age of 5 to St. Mary's Anglican Hostel where her mother worked in the laundry. When her mother's employment was terminated, she was refused access to her daughter. Shadford describes living conditions in the Hostel and her mother's response to the separation. She left the Hostel at around the age of 18 and worked in a variety of jobs. She subsequently left Alice Springs and got married and had children. She talks about her efforts to trace her family, and about her views on the policy of removal and the need for compensation for separated children.
- 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 Sept. 24, 2001 at Alice Springs, N.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 28 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Shadford, Mary -- Interviews
- St. Mary's Anglican Hostel (N.T.)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australian family reunions -- Northern Territory
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ronberg, Anne, 1951-, 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- Unpublished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:
- 2001
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