Title Message Stick: Wirringah Women

Published Australia : ABC1, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 18 sec.) ; 164432269 bytes Summary *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and voices of people who have died*The township of Lightning Ridge, in north-western NSW gained media attention in 2009 for the large number of children forcibly removed from their homes by the NSW Department of Community Services Notes Closed captioning in English Event Broadcast 2010-05-23 at 13:30:00 Notes Classification: G Subject Child welfare -- Government policy. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care. New South Wales. Department of Youth and Community Services. Opal mines and mining. Protestant women. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions. New South Wales -- Lightning Ridge. Form Streaming video Author Brown, Wal, contributor Burney, Linda, contributor Corowa, Miriam, host Hankey, Rose, contributor Ingram, Glynis, contributor Schuler, Loretta, contributor Smith, Liz, contributor Wood, Fay, contributor

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