NLA at work
Bringing Them Home to Palm Island
Francine George and Gwenda Davey (right)
|
In April of this year, Gwenda Davey, the project manager for the National Librarys Bringing Them Home Oral History Pilot Project, visited Palm Island and Townsville, accompanied by project assistant, Francine George. Palm Island is one of the locations where the Librarys Bringing Them Home project aims to conduct a major community interviewing program. More than 40 different tribal groups are represented on the island, and all families have been affected by the policies of previous Australian Governments to separate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. Three prospective Indigenous interviewers, including one from Palm Island, attended a two-day training course at the National Library in June. |
Please address any comments and enquiries to The Editor, Gateways: lkirwan@nla.gov.au