Hi! I'm not sure where else to post this and understand if it's not allowed here.
We have strong reason to believe my great grandmother was Indigenous. She was taken from her mother in 1900 Brisbane and sent to an industrial school where she was also then taken by a religious leader and shipped to Victoria.
I have contacted salvation army, link up groups, and searched many hours and many records but it's as if she was erased from history... she doesn't even have a birth certificate and everything about her family was unknown.
She never talked about her past as it was "shameful" and refused to tell even her children her "secret".
I am just wondering if there is anywhere I can go from here.. any advice on how to move forward and anyone to contact would be very much appreciated!