Education Program
The Education Program provides a range of educational materials, resources and experiences for schools and organisations to learn about Kinchela Boys Home, the Stolen Generations and the continuing legacies of these experiences.
Education Resources
There's a pressing need for educational resources that include the voices of Aboriginal Peoples and Survivors of the Stolen Generations.
KBHAC offers a series of Syllabus Packages and Lesson Plans to assist teachers in delivering nuanced and culturally-informed content for Stages 2-6 across the History, English and Aboriginal Studies curricula.
Stolen Generations Truth Telling Sessions
Truth Telling Sessions allow participants to hear directly from Survivors of Kinchela Boys Home, either in person, or via pre-recorded interviews.
The impact of these sessions on participants can be significant and can lead to a greater understanding of what Reconciliation means for Australia in the context of healing through truth telling.
Mobile Education Centre
The Survivors of Kinchela Boys Home are taking their story on the road in the country’s first ever Stolen Generations Mobile Education Centre (MEC) to tell the truth about what happened to them.
KBHAC has transformed a retired commuter bus into a MEC for the purpose of a truth telling and healing experience about Kinchela Boys Home and the Stolen Generations.
The MEC includes an interior exhibition display developed in consultation with the survivors, known as the Uncles. The back half of the bus has been converted into a cinema that shows a short, animated film collaboratively produced with the uncles.
This is a whole of community experiential learning centre and aims to educate children, young people and communities (Aboriginal and non-Indigenous) through three levels of engagement and drawing on a range of resources: oral testimony, archival material, animated film, visual images and timelines as well as interactive materials including an online portal.
In 2019, KBHAC ran a pilot in the Macleay Valley which demonstrated how the MEC provides a unique and safe space for students and community members to talk with the Uncles about their experiences in KBH and provide a broader understanding of the ongoing impacts of the Stolen Generations. The sharing of the Uncles’ lived experiences and stories is impactful beyond words.
Pricing Packages
Package 1
- Pay per view online
- Pre-recorded 1hr MEC session watch 1 time
- We will prerecord some different uncle combinations from inside the MEC
Please note: These are in development so please leave your contact details and we will email you when they have been uploaded.
Cost = $250 + GST
Package 2
- Pay per view online
- Pre-recorded Individual Uncle interviews from the KBHAC archives ideal for students working on projects
Please note: These are in development so please leave your contact details and we will email you when they have been uploaded.
Cost = $50 + GST
Package 3
- 1hr session live via zoom or teams
- 1 or 2 survivors dependant on availability
- 13 min animated film
- 20min survivors’ yarning session
- 20min Q and A with survivors
Cost = $2,000 + GST
Package 4
- 1hr session with 2 survivors in person at the School/Organisation in Sydney Metro area
- The whole year/school in one group dependant on venue suitability
- 13 min animated film
- 20min survivors’ yarning session
- 20min Q and A with survivors
Cost = $4,000 + GST
Package 5
- 1hr session with 2 survivors in person at the School/Organisation outside Sydney Metro area
- The whole year/school in one group dependant on venue suitability
- 13 min animated film
- 20min survivors’ yarning session
- 20min Q and A
Cost -= $4,000 + GST + accommodation/travel costs
Package 6
- 2 x 1hr session with 2 survivors in person on the Mobile Education Centre MEC (capacity 23) in the Sydney Metro area
- 13 min animated film
- 20min survivors’ yarning session
- 20min Q and A
Sydney Metro Area
Cost = $6,500 + GST
Package 7
- 2 x 1hr session with 2 survivors in person on the Mobile Education Centre MEC (capacity 23) outside the Sydney Metro area
- 13 min animated film
- 20min survivors’ yarning session
- 20min Q and A
Cost = $6,500 + GST + accommodation/travel costs