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 about the forced labour of Yuin People
Corkhill Collection
The William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba photograph collection is a collection of 875 photographs taken by William Corkshill in between 1890 and...
COLLECTIONS 
Defining Moments – Yuin & National Timeline
Timeline of key national and Yuin historical moments....
TIMELINE 
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....
FILMS 
Domestic Servants
Vivienne Mason talks about domestic servants and the work they had to do. She shares the stories of her Maternal Nans....
FILMS 
Jane Lucy Campbell
Bunja Smith shares a story about his Grandmother, Jane Lucy Campbell and her experience as a domestic....
FILMS 
Ned Hoskins
Biography
Edward “Ned” Hoskins was a long-term resident and community member of Wallaga Lake where he worked as a handyman/labourer under the management...
CUSTODIANS
Ruth Walker
Biography
Ruth Walker, known affectionately to family and community as Aunty Ruth grew up on the Wallaga Lake Mission, the youngest of 17...
CUSTODIANS 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.
