Joyce Injie's story

Not all stories about the aboriginals end in tragedy, Joyce Injie's story is a good example of a girl who was allowed to stay with her parents. But she and her parents weren't left without the fear of separation. One day a welfare lady and her husband who stayed next day approached them, Joyce's father told her to run, and if she stopped, they would grab her and never let go. Joyce ran and they didn't catch her. The welfare lady reported them to the police, but they moved away to Rocklea station where her father got a job. One day a police officer came looking for her, but the station manager told him that Joyce was doing good, and since then the police left her alone. Even though they escaped the arms of the police they could only watch as Joyce's cousins were all taken away, never to return.