Kinchela Boys Home
Aboriginal Corporation
Unlocking our past to free our future
We Were Just Little Boys
Premieres on 3 July 2022 at 6am.
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We Were Just Little Boys is narrated by KBH survivors and illustrated by Uncle Richard Campbell, #28.
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation is encouraging everyone to watch and share We Were Just Little Boys this NAIDOC Week, as an important contribution to truth telling.
Kinchela Boys Home
Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home (KBH) was a ‘home’ run by the NSW Government for almost 50 years from 1924 – 1970 to house Aboriginal boys forcibly removed from their families. It's a place of deep importance for survivors, their families and communities.
KBH was built on the stolen land of the Dunghutti. The site and its associated places hold memories, both painful and otherwise, of their childhood after being kidnapped from their families and deliberately re-programmed in order to assimilate into white Australian society.
The place itself, historical records and the memories and stories of survivors provides a powerful historical record of the destructive past Government policies and an opportunity for the education and understanding of all Australians.
Stolen Generations Truth Telling Sessions
KBHAC offer a range of education packages for schools and organisations to learn directly from KBH survivors about Kinchela Boys Home, the Stolen Generations and the continuing legacies of their experiences.
Please click here for more information and bookings for our Kinchela Boys Home Stolen Generations educational packages.
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) was established by survivors of Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home (KBH), a ‘home” run by the NSW Government for almost 50 years to house Aboriginal boys forcibly removed from their families.
KBHAC has developed a unique survivor led approach to its governance and healing described as:
Survivor led – an approach to organisational governance and practice built on and informed by the guidance and unique insights of survivors and which, contributes to the social and emotional wellbeing of survivors, their communities, and cultures. The KBH survivors and KBHAC own their stories and healing, leading from a place of self-determination.
Our Mission
Our vision is to improve the social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing of the KBH survivors and their families in a meaningful way.
This takes a strength-based focus on healing persistent grief, trauma and intergenerational trauma as experienced by each KBH survivor and his family.
KBHAC is committed to empowering, positive, healthy peer support models that enable greater social inclusion in community life. These models address the rebuilding and strengthening of identity and family structures.
