Colebrook Home
{{Short description|South Australian home for Aboriginal children}}
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Colebrook Home was a South Australian institution for Australian Aboriginal children run by the United Aborigines Mission from 1924 (named Colebrook in 1927) to 1981, existing at four locations over its lifetime.
History
Colebrook Home existed at four locations through its lifetime.
The United Aborigines Mission first established a home in 1924 near Oodnadatta, although it was not known as Colebrook Home at that time.
The home then moved to a place called Colebrook, just outside Quorn in 1927, where it became known as Colebrook Home.Adelaide businessman and philanthropist A. E. Gerard (1877–1950), who was involved with the foundation of Colebrook, wrote about its early days in his publication History of the UAM (1944).
In 1944 it was moved to Eden Hills, just outside Adelaide. That site closed in 1972, and is now the site of the Colebrook Reconciliation Park. The original Colebrook at Quorn is now a small Aboriginal community.{{cite web|publisher=Flinders Ranges Research|title=Colebrook Home|url=http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/colebrook.htm|accessdate=8 March 2016}}
Its last location was in Blackwood, a hills suburb of Adelaide.{{cite web|website=Find and Connect|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/sa/SE00138|title=Colebrook Home (1927-1981)|accessdate=6 July 2019}}
Legacy
Colebrook Home was mentioned in the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) as an institution that housed Indigenous children forcibly removed from their families.{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/bringing-them-home-chapter-8|title=Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report 'Bringing them Home' (Chapter Eight)|date=April 1997|website=Australian Human Rights Commission|access-date=28 June 2019}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/903923714 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/903923211 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC_bot/Job_18}}
Former students
- Myra Ah Chee{{cite web | title=Nomad Girl | website=AIATSIS Shop | date=1 November 2021 | url=https://shop.aiatsis.gov.au/products/nomad-girl | access-date=5 June 2025}}
- Doreen Kartinyeri{{cite web | title=Doreen Maude Kartinyeri | website=Indigenous Australia | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/kartinyeri-doreen-maude-17798 | access-date=5 June 2025}}
- Lowitja O'Donoghue{{cite web | title=Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG: biography and achievements timeline | website=Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation | date=22 November 2024 | url=https://www.lowitja.org.au/lowitja-foundation/dr-lowitja-odonoghue-ac-cbe-dgs-biography-and-achievements-timeline/ | access-date=5 June 2025}}
- Faith Thomas{{cite web | last=Cromb | first=Natalie | title=5 Indigenous women who didn't get the credit | website=NITV | date=12 July 2018 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/5-indigenous-women-who-didnt-get-the-credit/sih3rx4pv | access-date=5 June 2025}}
References
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Category:1924 establishments in Australia
Category:1972 disestablishments in Australia