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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 30 sec.) ; 156541624 bytes |
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From the Western Frontier ; Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Summary |
From the Western Frontier, part of NITV's Reconciliation Week programming, features three contemporary, positive and inspirational documentaries that encapsulate the theme of Defining Moments. These stories illustrate a pivotal moment in a person's life that has changed them, the world they live in, or contributed to defining the person that they are today.As a four year old child, Sue Gordon AM was forcibly removed from her mother's care under the auspices of the Native Act. She was placed in the Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home in Perth, Western Australia where she lived for the next fourteen years. A combination of post-traumatic stress and institutionalisation meant that Sue came to believe that she was an orphan and any memory of her earlier years in Meekatharra with her mother and family were lost. For thirty years Sue lived as an orphan; she started her own family and began to forge a remarkable career that saw her take positions in the Army, with NASA, in Aboriginal Affairs and as a Magistrate of the Children's Court of Western Australia. Then one extraordinary day, her birth family found her and everything changed. Sue Gordon AM has achieved more than most in her lifetime but perhaps what makes her career even more compelling, is the personal journey that has accompanied her successful work life.Follow the conversation on Twitter: #NITV |
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Broadcast 2014-05-25 at 21:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Birthparents -- Family relationships.
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Orphans -- Psychology.
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Stolen generations (Australia)
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Western Australia.
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Streaming video
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Russell, Todd, director
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Koiso, Geoff, cast
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Pell, Kelton, cast
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Dean, Joan, contributor
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Gilla, Judy, contributor
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Gilla, Maitland, contributor
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Gordon, Sue, contributor
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Lundberg, Darren, contributor
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Lundberg, Michael, contributor
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Schwass-Magistrate, Timothy, contributor
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Shay, Adeline, contributor
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Vose-Magistrate, Stephen, contributor
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Willoway, Edith, contributor
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