Interviewed by Rob Willis, recorded on January 18, 2000 at Batemans Bay, NSW. Colin Davis speaks of being disowned by his family and being placed at Cowra Mission; he and the other children were cared for by Mum Shirl on Cowra Mission; his views on Mum Shirl; close sense of community at the Mission, run like a family unit with love and respect for each other; when he was transferred to Kinchela Boys Home at age 9 which was like being separated from his family; girls transferred to Cootamundra Girls Home; discipline was stressed and aggressively administered towards the darker Aboriginal boys, wanting to take revenge against two managers; crawling was a necessary act of survival; when he left at age Welfare still had a great amount of control over his relationships - he could not have a girlfriend or go to the cinemas nor allowed to work with just any employer.