Lily Hibberd

Bonney Djuric with ‘Living Traces’ artist book at opening of Parragirls Memory Project exhibition, 2016. Photo: Lucy Parakhina

UNSW Art & Design adjunct lecturers Dr Lily Hibberd and Bonney Djuric OAM have used images and the creative writing of former Parramatta Girls Home occupants to open up the difficult spaces of Australian child welfare legacies.

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UNSW academics have recommended a former Parramatta children’s home be preserved as a ‘keeping place’ in memory of the Indigenous children committed there over 40 years ago.

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Women who spent their teenage years as residents of Parramatta Girls Home are revealing their physical and mental scars through poignant art works.