Stories - Where Are They Now?

Jay Anderson was always a quiet kid who felt like he couldn’t speak up. But when he is asked what his story is at Centre for Stories, his life takes a different turn.

Luisa shares how a cultural trip with relatives turned sour one night when two police showed up at their caravan park with questions.

Luisa shares a story about how not being able to attend a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest led to her realising that she doesn’t have to prove her Aboriginal identity to anyone.

Kaya's story is about navigating her first love, and finding herself along the way. 

When Nadia moved to Perth ten years ago to learn English, she didn't expect so many curveballs along the way. But now, she looks back on her journey with pride.

‘I’m fifteen years of age and I turn to my mother and say, “I wish I was white.”’ Colin shares his experience of growing up in 1980s London as a young black man.

Jay Anderson spent the majority of his life in Kalgoorlie—a red-dirt town full of miners who are seemingly, more often than not, too-pissed-to-piss-straight.