Making a fishing spear: David Wright

While making a fishing spear, ranger Uncle David Wright, recalls some of his early childhood on Lake Cargellico Mission. Later his father took him and his brothers to Newcastle where, “because of the welfare” they were put in Woodland Boys Home.

Keywords: Identity; childhood; stolen generations; school; moving

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