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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- Story Collections:
- All Stories
- Death and Dying
- Everyone Deserves a Place to Call Home
- Zooming In
- Side Walks 2021
- Backstories 2021
- Forbidden Love
- Words to Live By
- Untold Stories of Perth
- Out of Touch: COVID Stories from WA
- Journal
- Rule Breakers
- On The Page
- 16 Days, 16 Stories
- Saga Sisterhood
- Food, Faith and Love in WA
- Roaring Nineties
- Bright Lights, No City
- A Mile in My Shoes
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Heartlines
Hojeswinee Kanagarajah
"Every time I write, I get to experience and learn about something new, things I probably would have never known about in my day-to-day life."Read More -
Heartlines
Jose da Costa
"I write because, since the country of my birth, Timor-Leste became independent in 2002, I have wanted to share the stories of how our people have survived. Such stories are still too few and far between, especially in English."Read More -
Heartlines
Jo Abraham
"It actually doesn't matter where or how you start, just that you do and you don't give up. What may look pathetically embarrassing one day, may make for great editable material the next day, at nothing else, it may make you laugh one day."Read More -
Death and Dying
Betty McGeever - Finding Meaning at the End
At 84 years old, Betty McGeever has no plans of slowing down. She’s using the time she has left to help others.
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Death and Dying
Sandy Mitchell - Dementia and Daily Rituals
Sandy Mitchell shares how losing her dad to dementia and other people in her life while living in a small country town have impacted her so deeply.
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Death and Dying
Graham and Helen Bullock - My Death, My Way, Together
Graham Bullock was shocked when, at the age of 65, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and only given a few year’s to live. His wife Helen, a retired nurse, became his full-time carer.
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Death and Dying
Natalie Bogoias and Trish Owen - Death on the Streets
Natalie Bogoias is a Homeless Healthcare street nurse and Trish Owen is a survivor of homelessness. They discuss why people are dying on the streets, what happens to them when they do, and why society deems a homeless person’s life to be of less value than others.
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Death and Dying
Lena Van Hale - No Loss, Only Euphoria
Lena is a sex worker activist and trans person. In this interview she breaks down the misinformation and stereotypes around violence, death and suicide for these communities.
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Death and Dying
Leon Ruri and Adrian Momber - Choosing Life, Communication and Haka
Lifeline WA ambassadors Leon and Adrian discuss men’s mental health, dance and haka as a medicine, and suicide prevention.