A Stolen Life: The Bruce Trevorrow Case

On Christmas Day 1957, Joe Trevorrow walked through the blisteringheat to seek help for his sick baby boy. When relatives agreed to takeBruce to hospital, Joe was relieved — his son was in safe hands — but,within days, Bruce would be living with another family, and Joe wouldnever see his son again. At the age of ten, Bruce would be returned tohis Indigenous family, sparking a lifelong search for an identity thatcould never truly be known and a court case that made history.