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Sydney · NSW · Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
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Overview · from public sources
A justice reinvestment initiative led by Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, an organisation built by Stolen Generations survivors.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
$79 million for up to 30 initiatives (within a $109 million package)
Source linkedCommonwealth justice reinvestment package — funding for community-led initiatives (Kinchela/Sydney one of 10 first sites announced)
nit.com.au · 2024View original
400-600 boys
Source linkedAboriginal boys removed/institutionalised at Kinchela Boys Home (1924-1970)
kinchelaboyshome.org.au · 1970View original
$390,000
Source linkedNSW Health Stolen Generations Organisations Health Care Coordinator grant to KBHAC (separate health program, not the JR project)
nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
The story so far · from public sources
Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home opens; operates as a NSW government-run institution forcibly removing Aboriginal boys from their families.
kinchelaboyshome.org.au ↗The home closes in May 1970, with the last boys transferred out that month, after over 50 years of operation (1924-1970).
kinchelaboyshome.org.au ↗KBH survivors hold a reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', a milestone in the survivor-led movement that became KBHAC.
kinchelaboyshome.org.au ↗Tiffany McComsey appointed CEO of KBHAC by the board; she has been involved in the NSW Justice Reinvestment for Aboriginal Young People campaign.
linkedin.com ↗KBHAC receives $390,000 through NSW Health's Stolen Generations Organisations Health Care Coordinator Grants program.
nsw.gov.au ↗KBHAC (Sydney, NSW) named one of the first ten community-led justice reinvestment initiatives to secure Commonwealth support under the First Nations Justice Package (announced 19 April 2024).
nit.com.au ↗Centenary (100th) commemoration of the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home; KBHAC calls for the site to become a national centre of truth-telling and healing.
nit.com.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
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