Send us a text Hey everyone, welcome to The Australian Adoption Podcast: My Unknown Truth. In this two-part episode, I’m chatting with Jo - an adoptee, advocate, and the voice behind the Adopt Perspective podcast. Jo was born in 1971, right in the middle of Australia’s closed adoption era, and her story is one of deep reflection, resilience, and truth-telling. In Part 1, we talk about Jo’s early years - being chosen from a hospital nursery, growing up on a grain farm, and navigating a complex...
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Send us a text Hey everyone, welcome to The Australian Adoption Podcast: My Unknown Truth. In this two-part episode, I’m chatting with Jo - an adoptee, advocate, and the voice behind the Adopt Perspective podcast. Jo was born in 1971, right in the middle of Australia’s closed adoption era, and her story is one of deep reflection, resilience, and truth-telling. In Part 1, we talk about Jo’s early years - being chosen from a hospital nursery, growing up on a grain farm, and navigating a complex...
Episode 32 - "The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Kura Perkins on Love, Loss & Legacy"
Australian Adoption Podcast - My Unknown Truth
53 minutes
1 year ago
Episode 32 - "The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Kura Perkins on Love, Loss & Legacy"
Send us a text Hi everyone, today I speak with Kura. Kura Perkins is a Perth-based adoptee. Born in 1975 and was adopted in Western Australia at 6 weeks of age to newly arrived immigrants from New Zealand. They decided to give her a Māori, name and although she wasn’t Māori, her adoptive parents had heard of this incredible name Kura and loved it, her name would soon have coincidental significance, becoming clear 25 years later. Growing up, Kura always knew she was adopted., She h...
Australian Adoption Podcast - My Unknown Truth
Send us a text Hey everyone, welcome to The Australian Adoption Podcast: My Unknown Truth. In this two-part episode, I’m chatting with Jo - an adoptee, advocate, and the voice behind the Adopt Perspective podcast. Jo was born in 1971, right in the middle of Australia’s closed adoption era, and her story is one of deep reflection, resilience, and truth-telling. In Part 1, we talk about Jo’s early years - being chosen from a hospital nursery, growing up on a grain farm, and navigating a complex...
