Notorious boys' home survivors teach students about Australia's dark history

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published May 9, 2020

For members of the Stolen Generations, there is a lot of pain in silence.

Kinchela Boys Home survivors are sharing their stories with a Stolen Generations Mobile Education Centre (MEC).

For years following their traumatic experience of being forcibly removed from their loved ones, many Indigenous people have yearned to ...

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This story appeared in the April 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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