The Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (1912-1969) was run as a training institution for First Nations girls who were forcibly removed from their families under the Aborigines Protection Act (1909-1969).

The Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation was founded in 2013 by a courageous group of Coota Girls Survivors, former residents of the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (1912-1969).

Our Board of Directors is made up of Coota Girls Survivors and descendants.

Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation Office and Keeping Place is located at Central Railway Station in Sydney on Gadigal Country. The location holds significance for Coota Girls Survivors and many Stolen Generations Survivors who passed through Platform 1 on their way to the homes after being forcibly removed from family and community.

Our Community

Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation encourages all former residents of the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls (1912-1969), their biological siblings and descendants including all biological children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and subsequent generations to apply for membership. You can apply by downloading our Membership Form and returning the original, along with relevant supporting documentation to:

Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation
PO Box K10
Gadigal Country
Haymarket NSW 1240

Please call our team if you require support.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, seas and waters which are embedded with our spirit, culture and knowledge. We recognise the powerful connection we have to our spirits, ancestors and to our community.

We pay our deepest respects to our Elders who sung the Songlines before us and those that will sing into the future.

We pay respects to our Stolen Generations Survivors, their families and whole communities, including those who never made it home, and those who are still searching.