Sjoerd on Nostr: “Uncle Larry Walsh was two-and-a-half years old when he was taken. A toddler ...

“Uncle Larry Walsh was two-and-a-half years old when he was taken. A toddler standing before a magistrate, made a criminal before he had even learned to speak his own name.
A child marked by the law, sentenced to a life without family, without the certainty of knowing where he belonged.
He recalled the day his life was changed: on
24 May 1956, while his mother was in hospital giving birth to his younger brother, he and his two sisters were taken from their home. Later, he learned that authorities had come and taken not only them, but a group of other children-all at once, like a sweep. As Melbourne prepared for its glittering turn in the spotlight as the host city of the Olympics, children were being snatched with impunity from loving families. Their stories would remain largely unheard for decades.”

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