About the Foundation
Listening, deep listening…so the healing can begin
The ‘Stolen Generations’ Testimonies’ project is an initiative to record on film the personal testimonies of Australia’s Stolen Generations Survivors and share them online. The Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation hopes the online museum will become a national treasure and a unique and sacred keeping place for Stolen Generations’ Survivors’ Testimonies. Thank you to those Survivors for their generosity of spirit in sharing their testimonies with us in our first round of interviews.
Thank You to our Supporters
The Stolen Generations' Testimonies foundation was established in 2007. Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund financed a feasibility study which confirmed the viability of capturing the stories of Stolen Generations' Survivors on film for an online audience. With the benefit of the study the foundation was successful in gaining financial support from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Hunt Foundation. This funding allowed the development of the online museum and the first round of interviews displayed here.
Board Members
A big thank you also goes out to our non-executive board members who give generously of their time and their expertise on a volunteer basis.
Melanie Hogan
Documentary Filmmaker (CEO) • Executive
Debra Hocking
Stolen Generations Survivor & Deputy Chair of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Bruce Hogan, AM
NSW Treasury Corp. Director, Snowy Hydro Ltd; Primary Ethics Ltd Chairman, Rita Hogan Foundation
George Newhouse
Human Rights Lawyer and board member of the Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce.
Nigel Stokes
Retired. Worked in Public Finance for various NSW Government agencies and in corporate finance for Bankers Trust Australia.
The Production - Thank You
Another big thank you goes out to Carolyn Constantine (cinematographer), Anneli Knight, Jim Morrison, Alister McKeich, Mark and Tania Bin Bakar, Vanessa Sheedy, Julie-Anne De Ruvo, Zino Zaidecki, Doreen Mellor, Chris Boys, Mark Gowing and Robyn Wunder.