I am an Aboriginal woman from the Dhungutti Nation of the mid north coast of NSW. My mother was an Aboriginal woman who along with her 8 brothers were removed from the care of their mother on Burnt Bridge Mission and were placed into the 'care' of the Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board during the 1940s, 50s & 60s. Depending on their ages and gender, they were placed into institutional care in either Bomaderry Aboriginal Babies Home, Cootamundra Girls Training Home or  Kinchela Boys Training Home. They were later assigned to non Aboriginal families as 'domestic servants'= or as farm hands'.  Thankfully...all of them eventually 'Came Home'...Sadly though, all spent the rest of their lives enduring the painful and destructive affects of the traumas associated with their Removals. A generation later, my mother had the majority of her own six children removed from her care. In my case, I was made a State Ward and placed in a foster home. The trauma of another loss was so great...she died of a broken heart at 42. It is because of the story of my own life experiences as an Aboriginal woman who has been involved,  one way or another with the Out of Home Care system aka Child Protection that lead me to become a genealogist. I want more of our people 'Going Home'. 

I specialise in Australian Aboriginal Genealogy, Family Research and Finding Kin and have over 30 years experience in tracing Aboriginal heritages, family lines, trees and kin connections.