The Lock Hospital Working Group are honoured to have been chosen as winners at this years WA State Heritage Awards in the following categories
Voluntary Individual Contribution
| Winner: | Bob Dorey and Kathleen Musulin (Carnarvon/Gascoyne) |
Contribution by a Community-based Organisation
| Joint Winner: | Goldfields Aboriginal Languages Centre |
| Joint Winner: | Lock Hospital Working Group |
Contribution by a Community-based Organisation
| Joint Winner: | Goldfields Aboriginal Languages Centre |
| Joint Winner: | Lock Hospital Working Group |
The Judges’ Award: The Professor David Dolan Award
| Winner: | Lock Hospital Working Group |
” We have been working at this project for so long and to finally get recognition is incredible
The working group are energized and inspired to move forward now with the next stage of the project ‘ The healing space ‘ which will be a place for people to share and reflect upon the stories of the past and through this process moving onto healing the wounds and building a future “.
Kathleen Muslin
Project Founder with Bob Dory
Read all the news on the following links
Lock Hospital project wins award for uncovering shameful episode in history
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/lock-hospital-awards/12407456
Culture and tourism excel in State heritage awards
https://www.miragenews.com/culture-and-tourism-excel-in-state-heritage-awards/
Culture and tourism excel in State heritage awards
Hon David Templeman Dip Tchg BEd MLA
Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts