Marjorie Van de Berg Marjorie Van de Berg i(A117045 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1930 Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Marjorie Van de Berg was removed from her father's care, along with her siblings, after her mother had died in the early 1930s. She was sent to Sister Kate's Home in Perth. After domestic work, Van de Berg had assistance in getting a job at Midlands Hospital. She studied at night school to be accepted into nurse training. Van de Berg met her father and other relatives when she was 30.

Van de Berg's story was recorded by the National Library of Australia for the Bringing Them Home oral history project and appeared in the associated publication Many Voices: Reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation, edited by Doreen Mellor and Anna Haebich (2002).

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