
We Were Just Little Boys
- Publisher
- Tall Poppy Press
- Year
- 2025
- Specifications
- Handwritten cover
23 x 23 cm
124 pages
500 copies
With written contributions from surviving Uncles and the CEO of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
Supported by Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, Magnum Foundation and the World Monuments Fund
50% of sale price paid to Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home Corporation
Winner Tall Poppy Press Open Call 2024
Building on Tace Stevens' commissioned series, We Were Just Little Boys tells the story of the Survivors of Kinchela Boys Home. This state-run institution was the site of unimaginable trauma and pain, as little boys were ripped from families and communities, imprisoned in a school and had their culture denied. With written contributions from surviving Uncles, and writing from the CEO of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, this book is collaborative, grief-filled and advocates for the need for deep healing. Tace Stevens is a Noongar and Spinifex visual storyteller based in Perth, Western Australia.