On Survival Day 2024 at North Katoomba's Bureau Park those attending were privileged to visit the Kinchela Boys Home Mobile Education Centre run by the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) and attended by Terry Grimes and his son. Rights, Rorts and Rants spoke to Uncle Terry Grimes and recorded this interview with him about his experiences at KBH after being kidnapped by the Aboriginal Protection Board and taken there as a 9 year old in 1963.
Terry's story is difficult to hear but it is important for listeners to know the truth of what happened to him, his family and the other 700 boys who passed through KBH.
You can learn more about the KBKAC by going to https://kinchelaboyshome.org.au
Blue Mountains Unions & Community pays its respect to and acknowledges, the Darug and Gundungurra First Peoples of the Blue Mountains area and acknowledges this is Aboriginal Land that was never ceded.
The interview was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 FM on 26 January, 2024 by Blue Mountains Unions & Community and presented by Fran Dyson. The podcast was produced by Ann-Maree McEwan.
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Authorised by D Smith, Secretary, Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc, 52-52A Great Western Hwy, Mount Victoria, NSW.
