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6 days ago

Support the Secrets of Dawn Regional Tour 2025! After the incredible reception of our Secrets of Dawn Exhibition Launch on Gadigal Country, we are seeking your support to bring this significant truth-telling and healing experience to Stolen Generations Survivors and descendants, the broader First Nations community and non-First Nations supporters living regionally. Secrets of Dawn is a truth-telling exhibition featuring historical content and contemporary artworks that expose the tactics used under the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Act (1909-1969) to progress the agenda of assimilation of First Nations people through Dawn Magazine. Secrets of Dawn honours Coota Girls Survivors and all Stolen Generations Survivors who have resisted and persisted through truth-telling, healing and self-determination. This fundraising campaign will utilise donations to support a regional tour to Gumbaynggirr Country (Mid North Coast), Wiradjuri Country (Riverina), and other locations selected based on cultural significance and proximity to our Stolen Generations community. Visit the link to donate today!artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000FTdi5MAD/secrets-of-dawn-regional-tour ... See MoreSee Less

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Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation

4 weeks ago

“Language is sacred and connected to Country and culture. It brings together generations and ties together spirituality and identity. When we keep Languages alive, our Culture thrives” - Aboriginal Languages TrustWe are so excited to be celebrating the second annual NSW Aboriginal Languages Week. This week, we encourage you to celebrate, raise awareness, spark conversations and highlight the incredible work our local communities are doing to reclaim and revitalise Language.The Walking Our Songlines with Language Project is an initiative of Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation. In partnership with community, we walk this healing journey of reconnection to Language for Coota Girls Survivors, their families and descendants. If you are interested in purchasing our Walking Our Songlines with Language Flashcards, email us at juliana@cootagirls.org.au. Resources are currently available in Wiradjuri, Gamilaraay, Wailwan, and Gumbaynggirr. Follow NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust at @nsw_alt and visit www.alt.nsw.gov.au to learn more about their deadly work and to access NSW Aboriginal Languages Week resources. ... See MoreSee Less

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Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation

4 weeks ago

A group of our beautiful Coota Girls Survivors gathered on Dunghutti Country to mark the 100th Anniversary of the opening of Kinchela Boys Home with their brothers, the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors. We came together with Survivors, their families and descendants to acknowledge the ongoing trauma of forced removal and assimilation, celebrate the strength of our Survivors, and look towards a future of truth-telling, healing and self-determination. Thank you to KBHAC for hosting this amazing gathering for our Aunties, Uncles and their families to heal together. Collective healing is essential for Stolen Generations Survivors, their families and descendants. Direct support for Stolen Generations Organisations means that we can continue to provide these meaningful healing opportunities for our community. Donate today at www.cootagirls.org.au/donations and www.givenow.com.au/kinchelaindigenousstolengensupport @kinchelaboys ... See MoreSee Less

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Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation

3 months ago

A small group of our Staff and Board members (Coota Girls Survivors and descendants) were invited by The Healing Foundation to gather on Larrakia Country with Stolen Generations Organisations (SGOs) from across the country to focus collectively on achieving priority recommendations from the Bringing them Home report that make a real difference to Survivors, their families and descendants. In 1995, Stolen Generations Survivors from across Australia, including our many of our Coota Girls Survivors, gave personal testimony to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families. The Inquiry’s report Bringing them Home (1997) described the abuse, labour exploitation, and loss suffered by members of the Stolen Generations, and made 54 recommendations to redress the impacts of forcible removal policies and address ongoing trauma. In 2024, only 6% of Bringing them Home Recommendations have been implemented in full. Responding to the Bringing them Home report is the collective responsibility of the nation. As our national SGOs gather this week, we implore our supporters to honour Stolen Generations Survivors, know that this work is unfinished, and advocate alongside us for the effective implementation of the outstanding recommendations.Pictured: Aunty Jean McKenzie Carter and Aunty Lorraine Darcy Peeters, Coota Girls Survivors ... See MoreSee Less

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Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation is in Gadigal Country.

3 months ago

SECRETS OF DAWN EXHIBITION OPENING 07.08.2024On Wednesday evening, we gathered to celebrate the opening of Secrets of Dawn, a truth-telling Exhibition by Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation. To those who were able to join us for this event, on behalf of Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation and the Coota Girls community of Stolen Generations Survivors and descendants, we would like to thank you for joining. We deeply appreciate your support for this critical truth-telling and healing work. We would love for you to take some time to complete our brief Feedback Survey. Your feedback will help us to enhance the Secrets of Dawn Exhibition and continue this important work. Please complete the Secrets of Dawn Exhibition Feedback Form here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKFD28WMake sure to visit Secrets of Dawn while it is showing at Carriageworks on Gadigal Country from 10:00am - 5:00pm until this Sunday 11th August 2024. The Secrets of Dawn Exhibition features content from Dawn Magazine alongside contemporary works from Coota Girls Survivors and descendants, as physical evidence of the calculated efforts and propaganda used by previous governments under the Aborigines Protection Act (1909-1969) to progress the agenda of assimilation of First Nations people. Thank you to:All Coota Girls Survivors and Descendant ContributorsAunty Jean McKenzie Carter, Aunty Gloria Johnston, Aunty Liz Milgate, and Aunty Valerie Linow for their Video Interview featuring in the Exhibition, and Aunty Lorraine Peeters for her quotes Featured Descendant Artists Joanne Cassady, Aunty Rhonda Radley, Laura Jones and Shannon StaceyDennis Golding @dennisgolding Billy Cheeseman and the dplr team @dplr.company Claire, Michelle and the Carriageworks team @carriageworks Nadeena Dixon for the Welcome and Smoking CeremonyAdam Scarf Photography @adamscarfphotography and Lauren Eiko @laureneiko ... See MoreSee Less

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, seas and waters which are embedded with our spirit, culture and knowledge. We recognise the powerful connection we have to our spirits, ancestors and to our community.

We pay our deepest respects to our Elders who sung the Songlines before us and those that will sing into the future.

We pay respects to our Stolen Generations Survivors, their families and whole communities, including those who never made it home, and those who are still searching.