July 2011
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By Wilma Robb (guest author) on 26 July, 2011
Catholic Health Australia chief executive officer Martin Laverty says that he is prepared to apologise to the victims of forced adoptions, according to a recent report. Read more >
Posted in documents, events, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged apology, family, files/records, forced adoption
By Adele on 20 July, 2011
Journalist Neena Bhandari discusses the needs of Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants in her article ‘Forgotten Australians Demand More Than Apologies’. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians | Tagged apology, files/records, film, Open Place, redress
By Darren Sugars (guest author) on 19 July, 2011
Darren Sugars sings ‘Sleep Well Tonight’, an original track which he says is ‘inspired by the personal narratives of two brave Forgotten Australians who are dear to him’. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, music | Tagged autobiography, family, performance, prisons, song, Western Australia
By Rosie Klohs (guest author) on 18 July, 2011
‘No longer a number – my name is Rosie’. Rosie grew up as number 20280. Her experience as a state ward left her with post-traumatic stress disorder. She’s now in recovery and a Remembered Australian and has made a short film about her experiences. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, documents, film, Forgotten Australians, memories, photos | Tagged Australian Capital Territory, family, files/records, film, identity, mental health
By Margaret Spivey (guest author) on 18 July, 2011
‘Iconducted an archaelogical excavation of my past …’ Listen to Margaret Spivey talk about her autobiography ‘Defying the Gatekeeper: One Girl’s True Story of Resistance and Rebellion’. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, documents, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged autobiography, family, files/records, Victoria
By Leigh Westin (guest author) on 14 July, 2011
Leigh Westin, who grew up in Scarba House and Parramatta Girls Home, is sewing a memorial entitled “No More Silent Tears for Forgotten Australians”. The memorial is comprised of a large panel of handkerchiefs each decorated by those who spent time in a Children’s Home or institution. Read more >
Posted in art, Child Migrants, events, Forgotten Australians, memories, objects, Responding to the National Apology, Stolen Generations | Tagged apology, memorial, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
By Adele on 14 July, 2011
Listen to an interview with Dr Michael Davey, former ward of the state and author of ‘Journey of Hope’, on ABC Radio National. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, documents, events, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged apology, autobiography, family, files/records, foster care, New South Wales, Royleston Boys Home
By Tom Thompson (guest author) on 12 July, 2011
The University of Melbourne, in 2009, acknowledged its prior use of children in orphanages as human guinea-pigs in medical research in 2009. Read Tom Thompson’s recollections of men in white coats giving him injections at a Children’s Home in Parkville, VIC. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, documents, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged apology, Eliza Institute, Gary Hughes, health, medical testing, polio vaccine, The Age, United States of America, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Victorian Children's Aid Society
By Oliver Cosgrove (guest author) on 12 July, 2011
Read the Catholic ‘Record’ newspaper’s report of the arrival of young Oliver Cosgrove, one of 65 children on board the SS ‘New Australia’ in 1953. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, photos | Tagged Christian Brothers, Clontarf, London, Nazareth House, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Nazareth, St Vincent's Foundling Home, Victoria
By Priscilla Taylor (guest author) on 11 July, 2011
Achild’s letters to the South Australian Children’s Welfare chairman help to tell the story of a young woman who spent 16 years in care, and later discovered her mother had written many returned letters to her daughter. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged child welfare, family, files/records, Seaforth Children's Home, South Australia, Spence Cottage Home
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