Greg
Greg is born on Cape Barren. At the
time he was taken the family comprised, her mom, sister, two brothers and her
grand mother. He lived in a small isolated community, it was a very peaceful
and loving community. He recalls spending the most of his childhood living in
the home of his grandparents.
He was
taken a day, were he was in school. It was morning and he was in the classroom.
The schoolmaster comes, and after he had a conversation with somebody. After
that he came to get Greg, the schoolmaster took him out to a motorbike held by
the officer and driven to the airstrip. This happen in October 1959 and Greg
was 12 years. He was placed in a family in Hobart. It was a good family, they
look on him as their son. The family had self one daughter, but Mrs… used to
care for foster children and the house was full of other non-Aboriginal
children. Thirty years after he was taken he went back. He walked around the
sand spit, he saw the school and the places where he used to live as a kid. He
saw his life flashed, he collapsed in the sand and start crying. He wants to be
a part of his family that he was taken from.
This is not a picture of Greg, but it looked like a Greg.
This is not a picture of Greg, but it looked like a Greg.
The reason
for his removal was that’s his mother was a widow in a poor health. After he
was taken his mother was in total despair. She get drinking and suffered a
fatal accident, the police came and collect the other children. The first time
after Greg was taken, where the siblings were together was in 1995.
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