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Friday essay: ‘I am anxious to have my children home’: recovering letters of love written for Noongar children

Author: Elfie Shiosaki, Lecturer in Indigenous Rights, Policy and Governance, University of Western Australia

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people.

In the quiet of the State Records Office, I have spent many hours searching for knowledge about my family.

In Australia’s archives, we can find letters written by Aboriginal people to the government. We hear echoes of...