Next date: Thursday, 13 February 2025 | 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
In commemoration of the 17th anniversary of the National Apology, Kempsey Shire Council together with Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation will host a Truth Telling Session at the The Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Join us on for an insightful and emotional truth telling session on National Apology Day, with three of the Uncles who were forcibly removed from their homes and grew up in the Kinchela Boys Home in Kempsey.
The Uncles are featured in our current photography exhibition showing in the Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery, called We Were Just Little Boys, which captures the raw emotion of the Uncles, when they returned to Kinchela Boys Home last year for the first time since they were children and shared the truth of their harrowing stories. It explores the lasting emotional trauma of the stolen generation through portraits of the Uncles, juxtaposed with propaganda images designed to show Australians that the Kinchela Boys Home was achieving its goals of assimilation.
With the photography exhibition as the backdrop to the session, the Uncles will share their stories of being separated from their families and living at the Kinchela Boys Home and the personal impact of their experience.
Event Details
Location: Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery at The Slim Dusty Centre The community are invited to attend. The event is free.
NATIONAL APOLOGY DAY
On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered a formal Apology on behalf of the nation to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples, particularly the Stolen Generations.
The National Apology is considered a milestone step toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Nulla Nulla Regional Gallery at the Slim Dusty Centre, 490 Macleay Valley Way, 2440, View Map
490 Macleay Valley Way , 2440
Free