recovering letters of love written for Noongar children
- Written by Elfie Shiosaki, Lecturer in Indigenous Rights, Policy and Governance, University of Western Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people.
In the quiet of the State Records Office, I have spent many hours searching for knowledge about my family.
In Australia’s archives, we can find letters written by Aboriginal people to the government. We hear echoes of...