By Rhonda Trivett (guest author) on 1 September, 2010
Rhonda, a former inmate of Wolston Park Hospital shares her recent poems. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, poetry, Stolen Generations | Tagged Queensland, Wolston Park
By Graham Evans (guest author) on 13 August, 2010
G raham Evans, a former resident of St Vincent’s Westmead, recalls that printing the school newspaper was not a rewarding task. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Forgotten Australians, memories, objects, photography, photos | Tagged New South Wales, slave labour, St Vincent's
By John Murray (guest author) on 13 August, 2010
I n the Online Opinion article, “From the Cradle to the Grave”, author John Murray discusses how some children in institutions in Australia were used as subjects of medical testing. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged medical testing
By Cath Styles on 10 August, 2010
A national service aimed at reuniting Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants with family members is now under way. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians
By Adele on 28 July, 2010
Did the first episode of the ABC-TV series “The Making of Modern Australia” appropriately represent Forgotten Australians? You can view the programme here. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, film, Forgotten Australians, memories, Stolen Generations | Tagged education, film
By Cath Styles on 28 July, 2010
Here is silent archival film footage produced by Burnside Homes in the 1920s in order to promote the work of the Homes and to raise funds. The footage shows the Homes’ association with the Presbyterian Church and how some children from poor families in inner Sydney were taken to Burnside Homes. Read more >
Posted in documents, film, Forgotten Australians | Tagged Burnside, film, New South Wales
By Bob McGuire (guest author) on 27 July, 2010
Six unmarked graves are in the Parkerville Children’s Home cemetery, which was in very poor condition until recent action by some concerned citizens. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, photos | Tagged death, graves, Parkerville, Western Australia
By Wendy Dyckhoff (guest author) on 26 July, 2010
Wendy Dyckhoff is a former resident of St Catherine’s, Geelong. Here she shares photographs from her time at St Catherine’s. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, photos | Tagged Geelong, photographs, St Catherine's, Victoria
By Lana Syed (guest author) on 9 July, 2010
How does she know my name? In an excerpt from the book Lives of Uncommon Children – Reflections of Forgotten Australians, Lana Syed remembers her reunion with one of the nuns who used to care for her at St Vincent’s. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged Nudgee, Queensland, St Vincent's
By Peter Knight (guest author) on 7 July, 2010
Lana Syed forwarded this poem by fellow resident of Nudgee Orphanage, Peter Knight who died earlier this year. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged Nudgee, poem, Queensland
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