Centre for Stories
Stories
Stories are at the heart of what we do. The aim of our story archive is to make good stories available to a wide audience in the hope of strengthening connections between people and encouraging a more inclusive and informed community.

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Hear Our Voice
Luisa Mitchell
Luisa shares how a cultural trip with relatives turned sour one night when two police showed up at their caravan park with questions.
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Hear Our Voice
Cindy Solonec
When Cindy’s Aunty Edie became dangerously ill, she quickly realised the health system was not going to address her aunty’s cultural and spiritual needs.
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Hear Our Voice
Jarred Wall
Jarred’s story is about his growing unease with the youth justice system and his decision to find strength and unity through Nyungar language and song.
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Hear Our Voice
Casey Mulder
Casey shares her first experience as a graduate teacher working in the remote Aboriginal community of Halls Creek in the Kimberley.
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Ron Bradfield
Ron has a chance encounter with a stranger and is led down memory lane into the multicultural heritage and harmony of Broome in the 1950s.
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Hear Our Voice
Uncle Gerrard Shaw
Uncle Gerrard’s story is a warning that the injustices of past government policies must never happen again – and what it looks like when government works together with Aboriginal communities.
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Hear Our Voice
Lakshmi Kanchi
Lakshmi’s story is about how her newfound sense of belonging in the Perth wetlands came under threat during the Roe 8 highway development proposal.
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Hear Our Voice
Perun Bonser
Perun shares the power and limitations of stories and art to affect change for Aboriginal people in Australia.
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Backstories 2022
Alexandra Geneve
Alexandra shares a story about love, loss, and discovering her father’s dairies after he passed away.