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In the Interests of the Child
It was
just a concrete floor, no beds, one big shed was built there, and
a little bit of kitchen on one side, where the girls used to do
the baking and that
We used to get
no mattress; only blankets to sleep on. We used to put all the stools
up and we used to sleep on those concrete floors. Two or three girls
would get together no pillows, the concrete floor we slept
on, you wouldnt even let your dog sleep on it, it was so rough.
Winter time it was freezing.
Emily Liddle, member of
the Stolen Generations,
about the Bungalow, Darwin, Northern Territory,
in Rowena MacDonald, Between Two Worlds, Alice Springs, 1995
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