By Adele on 29 September, 2010
In this excerpt from his book, Father Wally Dethlefs recounts some of the things that horrified him about Wilson Youth Hospital, and how he responded. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Forgotten Australians, memories, Stolen Generations | Tagged Queensland, sexual abuse, Wilson Youth Hospital, Wolston Park
By Wayne Miller (guest author) on 17 September, 2010
The Betrayal – Born in Innocence Raised in Hell is Wayne Miller’s personal history of his life as a ward of the state, resident in St Vincent de Paul’s Boys Home, South Melbourne and St Augustine’s Boys Home, Highton, Geelong. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians | Tagged autobiography, Christian Brothers, foster care, Geelong, Queensland, sexual abuse, St Vincent's
By Adele on 17 September, 2010
Orphanage Survivors: A True Story of St John’s, Thurgoona, by Howard Jones deals with a Sisters of Mercy orphanage near Albury that existed from 1882 to 1978. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, memories, photos
By Adele on 16 September, 2010
On their own – Britain’s child migrants is an exhibition, a collaboration between the Australian National Maritime Museum, where it opens in November 2010, and National Museums Liverpool. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants
By Leigh Westin (guest author) on 16 September, 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 Forgotten Australians, poetry | Tagged apology, New South Wales, Parramatta
By Juanita Burr (guest author) on 16 September, 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, Stolen Generations | Tagged Nudgee, Queensland
By Adele on 14 September, 2010
In his essay ‘Reap as you sow’ Bernie Matthews describes the brutal treatment – and criminalisation – of children in institutions. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged Hay, New South Wales, Parramatta, prisons, Queensland, Tamworth, Westbrook
By Rhonda Trivett (guest author) on 7 September, 2010
Rhonda Trivett describes her pending self-published book about her experiences in institutions. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, Stolen Generations | Tagged autobiography
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
