Topics: Families and children: North West
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1918 - view
They remain wards of the state until they are 18
1918 - view
The home is intended to accommodate boys removed from their families
1920 - 1921 - view
boys at the Singleton Childrens Home
1920 - 1921 - view
average attendance of 22 at the school associated with the Home
1920 - view
non Aboriginal families
1923 - view
families travel elsewhere while others remain nearby. Many move from St Clair Mission to Walhollow Station
1923 - view
One family moves to the other side of the creek near St Clair
1923 - view
boys between the ages of 5 and 15 are sent directly to Kinchela or if they have been taken at a younger age they are sent to Bomaderry Children’s Home
1924 - view
removal of Aboriginal children from their families
1928 - view
fresh families drifting citywards
1929 - view
Aboriginal squatters camp south-west of Sydney containing refugee families of dispossessed clans
1930 - view
Dozens of Aboriginal families live on Platt's estate
1930 - view
At least four or five family groups with links to the original clans of the Hawkesbury/Hunter ranges and coastal regions continue to live on their ancestral lands in the Lake Macquarie region
1934 - view
As a “half-caste” girl, Joyce is removed from her mother and home while a small child
1938 - view
Percy Haslam’s family
1939 - view
As a child, he spends many hours with his grandparents learning about his culture
1941 - view
As a small child Merle Stevenson (parents Cleo Jonas and Robert Stevenson ) returns with her family to her Spirit Home
1946 - view
The fear of having their children taken away by the APB (later Welfare Board)
1950 - view
The assimilation policy denies Aboriginal people their basic rights. It stops them from raising their own children
1952 - view
Ritchie family