[From the National Library of Australia's 'Bringing them home oral history project']
Peg Eaton speaks about her 50 years of work with Aboriginal people as the Coordinator of Welfare for the Church of Christ. Drawing on her own experience, she expresses her views on the attitude of missionaries towards Indigenous people, and the policies of assimilation and child removal. Eaton also speaks about her disenchantment with the Church of Christ.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 21 August 2012, Last modified: 8 December 2014
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE00721b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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