A proud Wilman and Noongar man, Tony Hansen was removed from his family when he was just three years old, and placed at Marribank Baptist Mission, almost 300 kilometres south of Perth.
He says it means a lot to him to see a state redress scheme announced for survivors of the forcible child removal policies that began in the early 1900s and lasted into the 1970s.
It comes 28 years after the landmark Bringing Them Home report called for such a measure.
Biwa Kwan spoke with Mr Hansen about the long road to this point - and what unfinished business remains.
