June 2010
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By Juanita Burr (guest author) on 29 June, 2010
Juanita Burr, nee Broderick, was a resident of Nudgee Orphanage, Queensland, from 1944 (the year of her birth) to 1961. Here she shares her photos of her work as a current member of the Historical Abuse Network, Queensland. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, photos, Stolen Generations | Tagged Nudgee, Queensland
By Leanda on 28 June, 2010
In the first of a two-part post, Cath points to some photographs of an orphanage, and marvels at the connections to be made by sharing online. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, photography | Tagged Goulburn, New South Wales, St John's, St Joseph's
By Graham Evans (guest author) on 24 June, 2010
G raham Evans was a resident of St Vincent’s Boys Home, Westmead from 1962 to 1966. Here he shares photographs of St Vincent’s. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, photos | Tagged New South Wales, photographs, St Vincent's
By Adele on 24 June, 2010
The Liverpool Regional Museum, in New South Wales, has an exhibit on St Ann’s Orphanage. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians, memories, photography | Tagged files/records, New South Wales, photographs, St Ann's
By Gloria Lovely (guest author) on 17 June, 2010
A short, rousing speech that Gloria Lovely wrote and performed in Memoirs of the Forgotten Ones in Brisbane, Queensland, in March 2007. Read more >
Posted in art, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations, theatre | Tagged identity, play, Queensland
By Gloria Lovely (guest author) on 17 June, 2010
Gloria Lovely was taken to St Vincent’s Orphanage, Nudgee, in 1943, when she was 18 months old. She was then sent to a foster family at the age of ten. Here, Gloria writes about her experience in foster care. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged autobiography, education, foster care, Nudgee, poem, Queensland, sexual abuse, St Vincent's
By Barbara Lane (guest author) on 16 June, 2010
As a child, Barbara Lane spent time in six institutions, between 1970 and 1979. Here, she shares six poems. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged Lowson House, Opal House, Opal Joyce Wilding Home, Osler House, poem, Queensland, Vaughan House, Wilson Youth Hospital, Wolston Park
By Leanda on 11 June, 2010
A newly discovered photograph of American slavery attracts well-deserved attention. And makes me wonder… Read more >
Posted in photos | Tagged United States of America
By Diane Tronc (guest author) on 11 June, 2010
Diane Tronc was born in 1961 and was a resident, with her five siblings, of Silky Oaks Children’s Home in Manly, Brisbane from 1962 until 1974. Diane shares her submission to the current Senate Review of Government Compensation Payments. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, documents, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged apology, education, Forde Inquiry, foster care, Queensland, redress, Silky Oaks
By Sue Treweek (guest author) on 10 June, 2010
Sue Treweek was a resident of Abbortsford Convent from 1968 – 1970. At the age of 11, she was sent to Warilda, in Brisbane. She was also a resident of the Bush Children’s Home in 1973 and Nudgee Orphanage from 1978 – 1979, both in Queensland. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged Abbortsford, Bush Children's Home, film, identity, Lowson House, Nudgee, Osler House, poem, Queensland, Warilda, Wilson Youth Hospital, Wolston Park
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