Colebrook Home was a
South Australian institution for
Australian Aboriginal children run by the
United Aborigines Mission from 1924 (named Colebrook in 1927) to 1981, existing at four different locations over its lifetime.
History
Colebrook Home existed at four separate locations through its lifetime.
The United Aborigines Mission first established a home in 1924 near
Oodnadatta, although it was not known as Colebrook Home at that time.
[
The home then moved to a place called Colebrook, just outside Quorn in 1927, where it became known as Colebrook Home.][Adelaide businessman and philanthropist ]A. E. Gerard
Alfred Edward Gerard (11 August 1877 – 13 October 1950), generally known as "A. E. Gerard", was a South Australian electrician and businessman who founded the Adelaide companies of Gerard & Goodman and Clipsal.
History
William Gerard (c. 1843 ...
(1877–1950), who was involved with the foundation of Colebrook, wrote about its early days in his publication ''History of the UAM'' (1944).
In 1944 it was moved to Eden Hills, just outside Adelaide. That site closed in 1972, and is now the site of the Colebrook Reconciliation Park. The original Colebrook at Quorn is now a small Aboriginal community.Blackwood
Blackwood may refer to:
Botany
* African blackwood ('' Dalbergia melanoxylon''), a timber tree of Africa
* African blackwood (''Erythrophleum africanum''), ('' Peltophorum africanum'') also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa
* Australian bla ...
, a hills suburb of Adelaide.
Legacy
Colebrook Home was mentioned in the ''Bringing Them Home Report
''Bringing Them Home'' is the 1997 Australian ''Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families''. The report marked a pivotal moment in the controversy that has come to ...
'' (1997) as an institution that housed Indigenous children forcibly removed from their families.[ ]
See also
*Doreen Kartinyeri
Doreen Maude Kartinyeri (3 February 1935–2 December 2007) was an Ngarrindjeri elder and historian, born in the Australian state of South Australia. She played a key role in the Hindmarsh Bridge controversy and made many contributions to ...
* Lowitja O'Donoghue
*Faith Thomas
Faith Thomas (; 22 February 1933 – 15 April 2023), born Tinnipha, was an Australian cricketer and hockey player. She was also a nurse in regional South Australia. Thomas is known for being the first Indigenous woman to represent Australia i ...
References
1924 establishments in Australia
1972 disestablishments in Australia
Australian Aboriginal missions
Stolen Generations institutions
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