Children of late Gunditjmara elder and activist recount mother’s ordeal to Victorian truth-telling inquiry
“Mum had to look after babies and little kids and she was a little child herself,” Donna said.Their mother left the orphanage at age 17. She later testified at the first official inquiry into the stolen generation, leading to the landmark Bringing them Home report in 1997.
A longtime campaigner for stolen generation redress, Eunice did not live to see Victoria become the last Australian state to open its scheme, let alone hear it announced in March 2020.
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