March 2010
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By Mim Willson-Dekker (guest author) on 31 March, 2010
Apainting by Mim Willson-Dekker is a vivid depiction of her experiences in a children’s home and in later life. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, painting | Tagged Dr Dill Mackay, New South Wales, painting, Queensland
By Adele on 30 March, 2010
Belongings is a Migration Heritage Centre online exhibition that records and documents the memories and collections of postwar migrants, including former Child Migrants, across New South Wales, Australia. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, memories, objects, photos | Tagged Fairbridge, New South Wales
By Graham Evans (guest author) on 30 March, 2010
Historical photographs of St Michael’s Orphanage, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, where Graham Evans lived from 1958 to 1962. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, photos | Tagged Baulkham Hills, New South Wales
By Graham Evans (guest author) on 26 March, 2010
Graham Evans’ short story is about a seven year old boy taken from his bereaved mother after his father committed suicide when he was four. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, St Vincent's
By Freda Briggs (guest author) on 26 March, 2010
Emeritus Professor Freda Briggs argues that priests’ celibacy is irrelevant to the issue of child sex abuse, and that the church’s authority and secrecy has protected sex offenders. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged Christian Brothers, sexual abuse, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
By Leigh Westin (guest author) on 25 March, 2010
Leigh Westin was a resident of Scarba House and Parramatta Girls’ Home, both in New South Wales. Here she shares her latest poem. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged New South Wales, Parramatta, Scarba
By Juanita Burr, nee Broderick (guest author) on 17 March, 2010
Juanita Burr, nee Broderick, was a resident of Nudgee Orphanage, Queensland, from 1944 (the year of her birth) to 1961. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, photos, Stolen Generations | Tagged Nudgee, Queensland
By Graham Evans (guest author) on 17 March, 2010
Graham Evans dedicates his latest track to Forgotten Australians, former Child Migrants and members of the Stolen Generation. Read more >
Posted in art, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, music, Stolen Generations | Tagged redress, song
By Adele on 10 March, 2010
The Alfred Felton Research Program at the University of Melbourne is currently investigating archiving and record keeping practices to support current and former Insiders in the construction of their identity. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged files/records, identity, Victoria
By Leanda on 10 March, 2010
Singer/songwriter Errol Gray dedicates the following tracks ‘I Remember England’ and ‘I’m Going Home’ to former Child Migrant Mick Snell whose personal history inspired these songs. Read more >
Posted in art, Child Migrants, memories, music | Tagged song
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