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to assist them in reuniting boys who had spent time at the Kinchela home and help them develop an organisation for all former inmates and their families. KBHAC seeks '... to reconnect members of the Stolen Generations to their families, clans and communities. It works to restore and reconstruct
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in 1924 and absorbed the Aboriginal school. The home was intended for Aboriginal children who were stolen from their families as part of the process of 'assimilating' them into white Australian society. The victims of this process eventually became known as the
90:. A group of men, who had all been Kinchela boys, officially handed the gate over to the museum at a small ceremony in Kempsey in 2012. As part of the museum's collection, the gate will represent the stories of the Kinchela boys' experiences. 77:, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, documents the brutal punishment and sexual abuse suffered by these boys. 80:
In 1980, Kinchela Boys Home was converted into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre ('Bennelong’s Haven') for the local Aboriginal community, a number of whom were former Kinchela boys.
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was gazetted in 1883, Kinchela was gazetted as a village in 1885 or 1886, and in 1892 an Aboriginal school was established at Pelican Island, near Kinchela.
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Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) was established in 2001 after some former Kinchela Boys Home inmates asked
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One of a pair of gates that originally formed the front gates of Kinchela Boys Home is now in the collection of the
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identified positive solutions for Aboriginal families and communities suffering from the trauma of forced removal.
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In 2012, Kinchela Boys Home was given the highest level of heritage protection available in New South Wales.
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In 2001, the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation Strategic Plan was launched at
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Kinchela Boys Home gate: National Museum of Australia collection highlight
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Community Centre by the Governor of New South Wales, Professor
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Heritage listing of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Home angers some
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Kinchela has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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oral history project, National Library of Australia
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Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation: Timeline
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Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation: About Us
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Kinchela
Mid North Coast
New South Wales
John Kinchela
Attorney General of New South Walesin
Aboriginal Reserve
Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Training Home
Aboriginal Protection Board
Stolen Generation
Bringing Them Home
National Museum of Australia
World Vision Australia
Redfern
Marie Bashir
Stolen Generation
Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Training Home
"Kempsey Shire Heritage: Kinchela"
the original


Kinchela Boys Home gate: National Museum of Australia collection highlight
Heritage listing of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Home angers some, ABC Mid North Coast NSW, 15 February 2012
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation: About Us
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation: Timeline
Kinchela Boys Home
"Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Training Home"
New South Wales State Heritage Register
Department of Planning & Environment

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