• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH000481

Colin Davis interviewed by Rob Willis in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 5000/84
  • Date Range 18-Jan-00 - 18-Jan-00
  • Description

    2 digital audio tapes (116 min.) Davis speaks about being cared for by Mum Shirl on Cowra Mission, N.S.W. from a young age. At the age of 9, he was removed to Kinchela Boys’ Home. He describes the harsh living conditions at Kinchela. Davis also talks about his adult life, his Christian faith, and the long-term effects of child removal.

  • Access Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use of transcript only.
  • Finding Aid Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 39 leaves)

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  • See also
    • MumShirl (1924 - 1998)