• PHOTO: Ella Cleary joins Jay Smith and Phillip Wright around the bush-style barbeque. PHOTOS: Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service
By LIAM MULHALL
AROUND Coonamble on Friday 26 May, community members joined together to remember and reflect on the decision made by previous Australian governments to remove indigenous children from their families.
Now known as ‘the stolen generation,’ many were never able to reconnect with their families.This has been a key factor in the inter-generational trauma experienced by First Nations people today.
At Coonamble . . .
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