A group of First Nations men, survivors or descendants of survivors of the notorious Kinchela Boys Home, retraced a painful past by traveling back to the site in Dunghutti country. The journey marks 100 years since the home's opening and will culminate in a three-day gathering focused on truth-telling, remembrance, and celebrating resilience.
A group of First Nations men boarded a train from Central Station this week, embarking on an emotional seven-and-a-half-hour journey that retraced a painful past. The men were survivors or descendants of survivors travelling back to the site of the notorious Kinchela Boys Home in Dunghutti, country, on the mid-north coast of NSW.
"There's boundaries and battles that come with that, but really making sure that we're surviving through what has happened to us as people, not only just for our uncles. So it's going to be a really deadly weekend. "There's going to be music, there's going to be dancing, there's going to be art, there's going to be kids activities.
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