Forced Labour
Domestic service was a role inflicted upon Aboriginal men and women for nearly a century. Paid little to nothing, Aboriginal women worked as forced domestic servants and Aboriginal men were farm labourers and stockmen.
Minimum two years of domestic service, and started as young as 12 years.
He wasn't allowed to sleep in the house. He slept in the cold old cow shed.
Cheryl Overton (Davison) from Tilba Tilba
Learn more about the forced labour of Yuin People.
Domestic Servants
Cheryl Overton talks about domestic servants and her family's stories and where young children from the boy's and girl's home where taken and forced to work.
