Date: 7 May 2000 Place: Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Florence Costelloe Interviewed by Lloyd Hollingsworth in the Bringing Them Home Oral History Project
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'Florence Costelloe, born 1935 Wooribinda [sic], near Rockhampton. Costelloe speaks about her parents. At the age of 3, she was placed in the dormitories on Palm Island, Qld. while her mother was sent to the mainland to work. She describes the living conditions in the dormitories. At the age of 15, she left Palm Island and joined her mother and stepfather in Cloncurry. Source: Libraries Australia. (Sighted 06/07/2010).

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Last amended 21 Jun 2023 15:03:34
Subjects:
  • Palm Island, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
  • Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement (1918-1975), Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
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