Nancy Chambers house parent at Girls Dormitory at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement c1920s
Nancy Chambers with her daughters outside the Girls Dormitory.
In 1925, Nancy and her husband Charlie are appointed House Parents and Caretakers of the newly built Girls Dormitory under the direction of the Settlement Matron.
Nancy has experienced life in an institution. When she was about fifteen years old, while working on a cattle property near Longreach, she was physically abused by her employer. She was removed by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals from the property for her own protection and placed in the Magadalen Asylum at Wooloowin in Brisbane. Nancy spent a number of years living and working there.