Genocide in the Wildflower State Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Name: Genocide in the Wildflower State Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Start: 2025-08-17T12:00:00+08:00
Location: 97 William Street, Perth, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6000

Schedule

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

97 William Street, Perth, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6000 | Perth, WA

Social.Justice.Church invites you to a special screening and panel discussion of the film Genocide in the Wildflower State, a 57-minute documentary about a violent, state-run system of eugenics, racial absorption and social assimilation in twentieth century, Western Australia. Stolen Generations Survivors give vivid, and at times, heartbreaking testimony of cruel isolation, abuse and humiliation in the system.
This is a special screening for the members and friends of the Uniting Church in WA, co-hosted by the Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Christian Congress, Yokai West Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation and the Uniting Church WA Social Justice Commission. A panel discussion with Rev Mitchell Garlett and Dr Jim Morrison (chair of Yokai) will follow.
Please register for catering purposes.
Where: UCIC's Tranby Hall is located at Level 1, 97 William Street, Perth
When: Sunday 17 August, 12pm light refreshments,12:30pm screening and panel discussion to follow.