25/05/2023
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐
Between 1924 to 1970, (KBH) in Kempsey, New South Wales, saw an estimated 400 to 600 Aboriginal children exposed to routine acts of cultural genocide and remains one of Australiaโs most notorious institutions of the Stolen Generations.
In support of our ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ we acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐."
Please note as a warning โ some may find the film โ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐โ confronting.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/u4Hw9d91k2E
After being stolen from their families, County, and community, children were stripped of their names, given numbers, and subjected to โreprogrammingโ and strict regimes of manual labour.
โ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐โ is narrated by KBH survivors and illustrated by ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น, #๐ฎ๐ด.
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation is encouraging everyone to watch and share "We Were Just Little Boys" this ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ (first week in June), as an important contribution to truth-telling.
While many scars may never heal, some KBH survivors said they have found some solace in the truth telling that comes with sharing their stories and memories.
Support the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation today by visiting our website: https://kinchelaboyshome.org.au/
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Between 1924 to 1970, (KBH) in Kempsey, New South Wales, saw an estimated 400 to 600 Aboriginal children exposed to routine acts of cultura...