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STOLEN. Cruel. Calculating. Continuing.
Late 1800s. Granny Jinny. Kidnapped as a young girl from Lama Lama Country to be a slave & more for a white family in Cooktown
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Late 1800s. Granny Jinny. Kidnapped as a young girl from Lama Lama Country to be a slave & more for a white family in Cooktown
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Early 1900s. Granny Jinny has a son, pop Silas. He was stolen & taken to Yarrabah. Granny Jinny followed. But they couldn’t be together. He lived in the cold + cruel dormitories. Kept apart from his Mum Jinny who lived just metres away in the community.
Early 1900s Granny Rosie went to Port Douglas Hospital to have her baby. She didn’t return. Police came for Nana Georgina 5 & aunt Harriet 8, Gugu Yalanji Country. Police said their mum was dead & stole them from their family. little girls grieving their mum removed to Yarrabah
