2024 marks 100 years since the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home was opened on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.

There were an estimated 600 boys, aged between 6 to 17, who were removed from their families by the NSW state and incarcerated at Kinchela between 1924 and 1970, ostensibly for ‘training’.

There are few survivors today, only 49, but they are calling for the site to become a museum to ensure this infamous institution of the Stolen Generation isn’t forgotten.

Image from here https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/entity/kinchela-training-home-for-aboriginal-boys/