December 2009

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Photos of Clontarf Boys Town

By Mike O'Donoghue (guest author) on 22 December, 2009

Mike O’Donoghue came to Australia as a Child Migrant in the 1950s and was placed into Clontarf Boys Town in Perth, Western Australia. Read more >

Posted in Child Migrants, photos | Tagged Clontarf, Western Australia

Open letter to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

By Darlene McKay (guest author) on 21 December, 2009

Darlene McKay spent her childhood in many homes, including Allambie Reception Centre in Burwood, Victoria. Here she shares a letter she wrote to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Read more >

Posted in Forgotten Australians | Tagged Allambie, apology, Victoria

Will Carroll’s song

By Will Carroll (guest author) on 21 December, 2009

Will Carroll is a folk singer–song writer from Texas who wrote and recorded the following song, ‘Magpies’, to honour Forgotten Australians. Read more >

Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, music | Tagged apology, song

A neglected child

By Bob McGuire (guest author) on 21 December, 2009

At age ten Bob was taken from his mother as a neglected child and placed in Parkerville Children’s Home. Below is his poem. Read more >

Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, poetry | Tagged Parkerville, poem, Western Australia

The Fence – a portrait of love, belonging and dispossession

By Adele on 15 December, 2009

Coming up in January in Sydney – live theatre performance of The Fence, a story close to the hearts of Forgotten Australians and Stolen Generations. Read more >

Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations, theatre | Tagged performance, play, theatre