Cootamundra : the Aboriginal Girls Home

Repository AIATSIS Manuscript and Rare Books Collection
Reference MS 3321; MS 3322
Date Range 1994 - 1994
Description
Institutionalisation of Aboriginal children at Cootamundra Girls Home, and its affects on their lives; history of Cootamundra Girls Home; removal of children from families; interviews with Aboriginal women and former staff of Cootamundra; daily life; punishments; girls trained to be domestic servants, and their experiences; Aboriginal protection and welfare policies in New South Wales
Access Open access - reading. Open copying, closed quotation.

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Primary Subject
- Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (1911 - 1986)
Primary
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women