Abstract The Colebrook Reconciliation Park is Australia’s oldest and most extensive memorial to acknowledge the forced separation of Aboriginal children from their families and communities, known as the “Stolen Generations.” It covers the site of the former Colebrook Home, an institution for Aboriginal children from 1942–1972. In this paper, I argue that the Colebrook Reconciliation Park can be understood as an act of witness citizenship in which the experience of the Stolen Generations is presented as an ongoing challenge to the wider Australian public. Beginning with a small plaque installed in June 1997, the Park is now a multi-layered memory space that includes figurative sculptures, poetry, a walking path and a storytelling circle, as well as more practical features including a barbecue and toilet block. Closely linked to the history of the Park’s development is the history of the Blackwood Reconciliation Group and its connection to the Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta, a survivors’ collective. This paper discusses the Colebrook Reconciliation Park as an expression of that evolving relationship. Taking the reader on a tour through the site, this paper explores how different parts of the site bear witness in different ways by emphasising distinct, sometimes contradictory, parts of the Colebrook story.

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作为见证的纪念：在科尔布鲁克和解公园纪念被偷走的一代人 20 年

摘要 Colebrook Reconciliation Park 是澳大利亚历史最悠久、规模最大的纪念馆，以纪念原住民儿童被迫与家人和社区分离，被称为“被偷走的一代”。它涵盖了前科尔布鲁克之家的遗址，这是 1942 年至 1972 年间为土著儿童设立的机构。在本文中，我认为 Colebrook Reconciliation Park 可以被理解为见证公民身份的行为，在这种行为中，被盗一代的经历被呈现为对更广泛的澳大利亚公众的持续挑战。从 1997 年 6 月安装的一块小牌匾开始，公园现在是一个多层次的记忆空间，包括具象雕塑、诗歌、步行道和讲故事圈，以及更实用的功能，包括烧烤和厕所。与公园发展历史密切相关的是 Blackwood Reconciliation Group 的历史及其与幸存者集体 Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta 的联系。本文将科尔布鲁克和解公园作为这种不断发展的关系的一种表现形式进行讨论。本文将带领读者参观该网站，通过强调 Colebrook 故事中不同的、有时是相互矛盾的部分，探索该网站的不同部分如何以不同的方式见证。