We're revisiting Newcastle's First Storytellers for NAIDOC week.

This podcast series explores how Newcastle’s Aboriginal communities share and tell stories. Australia has the world’s oldest oral story telling culture and Newcastle has a rich collection of storytellers. 

Donna Meehan is a local author and member of the Stolen Generation. In this podcast Donna, shares her thoughts on NAIDOC Week 2020. 

Donna’s has written several books and shares her story with grace and forgiveness. Her autobiography, It is no secret, tells the story or her sixteen hour train ride to Broadmeadow railway station, her life in Newcastle and her reunion with her birth mother. Donna is an Aboriginal advocate and active member of the Newcastle community. 

This is a Newcastle Libraries REAL Production.