Tracy and Lionel Roach
this submission, Tracy and Lionel Roach discuss their experiences of being a part of the Stolen Generation. "What it was like to grow up, you know, to be this one person and then to be this other person, to find my family and connect". - Tracey Roach "We were taken away, all split up and scattered but we’re the ones that have come back culturally strong, and we’re saving our culture." - Lionel Roach
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