Kinchela Boys Home survivors' portraits, 2002-2013, photographs by Sarah Barker

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2002-2013

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9658267

56 photographs - digital, TIFF, black and white

From 1924 until 1970, between 400 and 600 Aboriginal boys from throughout New South Wales were forcibly removed from their families and placed in the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home, also known as the Kinchela Boys Home (KBH), near Kempsey, on the NSW mid north coast.

The Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) was formed in Sydney in 2002 to help restore and reconstruct the identity, dignity and integrity of Kinchela Boys Home survivors.

Sarah Barker has been working as a photographer since the 1970s. She works primarily across the genres of portrait, social-documentary and street photography. Throughout her career she has worked as a volunteer photographer for several not-for-profit organisations, including for the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation from 2002-2014.

References:
"History of Kinchela Boys Home". Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation. Accessed 3 June 2022. https://kinchelaboyshome.org.au/

"Sarah Barker photographer". Accessed 3 June 2022. http://www.sarahbarkerphotographer.com

56 digital photographs of men associated with the Kinchela Boys Home (KBH).

Item 01: Peter Monsell at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 02: Cecil Dickson at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 03: Des Simon at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 04: George Ward at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 05: Ian 'Crow' Lowe at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 06: Herb Simms at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 07: Unidentified man and Roy Stewart at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 08: Roy Read at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 09: Alan Murray at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 10: Willie Leslie at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 11: Stephen Maher Ridgeway at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002
Item 12: Fred Egan at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 13: Kevin Whyman at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 14: George Rose at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 15: George Perry at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 16: Cecil 'Buddy' Clayton at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 17: Vincent Wenberg at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 18: Cecil Bowden at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 19: George Ellis at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 20: Paul Whitton at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 21: Joe Goolagong at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 22: Les Nixon at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 23: Lester Maher at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 24: Bill Simon at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 25: Ray Welsh at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 26: Ernie Franks at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 27: John Dixon at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 28: Rick Vickery at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 29: Leslie Franks at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 30: Colin Davis at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 31: Greg Thompson at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 32: Vincent Peters at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 33: Peter and Paul Whitton at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 34: Peter Whitton at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 35: Robert Young at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 36: Hector Thompson at the opening of 'Let's Face It - Portraits of Survival from Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Fisher Library, University of Sydney, 26 May 2011
Item 37: Manuel Ebsworth, Surry Hills, NSW, 1 March 2013
Item 38: James Michael 'Widdy' Welsh, The Domain, Sydney, NSW, 1 March 2013
Item 39: Richard Campbell, The Domain, Sydney, NSW, 1 March 2013
Item 40: Archie Glass at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 41: Roger Jarrett at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 42: Alfred Bartman at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 43: Tommy Allen at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 44: Allan Cooper at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 45: Cecil Leon at the 'No names, just numbers : in the shadow of the Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Dunghutti-Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kempsey, NSW, 6 May 2013
Item 46: Trevor Elwood (Knight) at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 47: Lindsay Suey at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 48: Ronald West at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 49: Terry Grimes at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 50: Peter Knight (Elwood) at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 51: Leslie Reynolds at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 52: Harry Ritchie (Cook) at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 53: Bruce Ellis at the Annual General Meeting of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Batemans Bay, NSW, 5 December 2013
Item 54: Harold Harrison at the opening of 'Let's Face It - Portraits of Survival from Kinchela Boys Home' exhibition, Fisher Library, University of Sydney, 26 May 2011
Item 55: Stan Harradine at the Kinchela Boys Home Survivors' Reunion, 'K.B.H. The Journey Home', on the former KBH site, Kinchela, NSW, 17 September 2002
Item 56: Group portrait at the Kinchela Boys Home Reunion and Planning Conference, Stonequarry Lodge, Picton, NSW, 27 July 2002

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Sarah Barker
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Sarah Barker

Titles and dates based on information supplied by the photographer and the Kinchela Boys Home Corp.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are kindly advised that this collection includes images and names of people who have passed.

Copies: digital scans made in 2020 from original black and white 6 x 6 negatives made 2002-2013