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Western Australia - Archival Item

Robert Capp interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)

From
2000
To
2000
Website
http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn2209221
Reference No
2209221
Legal Status
National Library of Australia Bib ID

[From the National Library of Australia's 'Bringing them home oral history project']

Capp speaks about his experiences at Cundeelee Australian Aborigines Evangelical Mission, W.A., Mount Margaret United Aborigines Mission, W.A. and Ernabella Presbyterian Mission, S. Aust. He expresses his views on the removal of children from their families and the long-term effects of even short-term separations. Capp also discusses his role as an interpreter of the Pitjantjatjara language in a court case involving an Indigenous woman who was trying to regain custody of her son.

Prepared by: Debra Rosser