August 2011
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By Adele on 24 August, 2011
Former inmate of Westbrook Farm Home for Boys, Alfred Fletcher, will speak at the National Museun of Australia on Thursday 1 September 2011 at 12.30 – 1.30 pm, in the Friends Lounge. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged Queensland, Westbrook
By Adele on 24 August, 2011
The National Museum of Australia has produced a resource about Forgotten Australians for teachers of History and Studies of Society. This unit has been sent to every seconday school within Australia. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, photos, Stolen Generations | Tagged education
By Maureen Cuskelly (guest author) on 19 August, 2011
Maureen Cuskelly shares some detailed recollections of her experiences at St Aidan’s, Bendigo, where she lived from the age of eight to 17. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged autobiography, family, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, song, St Aidan's, Victoria
By Adele on 19 August, 2011
‘We were just whipped away; we didn’t know where we were going,’ says Carmel Durant, who grew up in Bidura Home, Glebe, NSW and with various foster parents. Read Glenn Ellard’s report in the ‘South Coast Register’ about the chalk drawing Carmel made when she was ten years old. Read more >
Posted in art, articles/lectures, documents, drawing, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged Bidura, family, New South Wales, painting
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 16 August, 2011
Artist Rachael Romero, a former inmate of the The Pines, the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Plympton, South Australia shares her painting of an inspirational teacher. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, painting | Tagged education, painting, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines
By Juanita Maria Burr (guest author) on 16 August, 2011
Juanita Maria Burr, nee Broderick, was a resident of Nudgee Orphanage, Queensland, from 1944 (the year of her birth) to 1961. Here she shares a recollection, including photos of her singing at the World Expo, 1988, Brisbane. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians, memories, Responding to the National Apology | Tagged apology, education, Queensland
By Michelle Greaves (guest author) on 16 August, 2011
Michelle Greaves grew up with her twin brother in Darling Babies Home and St John’s Home for Boys and Girls, Victoria. Here she shares her paintings. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, painting | Tagged Darling Babies Home, painting, St John's, Victoria
By Al "The Crow" Fletcher (guest author) on 15 August, 2011
‘The Superintendent said, “Don’t look at me in that tone of voice” and banged boy 90′s head several times against the tin wall’. Read the full 1961 report of the Inquiry into Westbrook Farm Home for Boys by Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr AE Schwarten. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians | Tagged child labour, files/records, Queensland, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Westbrook
By Michelle Greaves (guest author) on 15 August, 2011
Michelle Greaves shares ‘A Call for Justice’, a song recorded by her twin brother, Mark Torr. It’s dedicated to all those who spent time in Children’s Homes and Institutions. Michelle and Mark were sent to Darling Babies Home, Victoria, at the age of two and then, three years later, to Nunawading Cottage, St John’s Home for Boys and Girls. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, music, Stolen Generations | Tagged foster care, song
By Margaret Spivey (guest author) on 9 August, 2011
Author and counsellor Margaret Spivey lived in Children’s Homes from the age of 18 months to 17 years. ‘Warrior’s Journey’ is Margaret’s powerful poem tracing life in welfare and beyond. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, poetry | Tagged poem
