By Andrew Murray (guest author) on 14 November, 2011
“Institutional abuse does not stop when we age out of the system”. Former Senator Andrew Murray shares the essay that he co-authored with Dr Marilyn Rock “The Enduring Legacy of Growing Up In Care in 20th Century Australia”. Read more >
Posted in articles/lectures, Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged bed wetting, Child Migrant Trust, Christian Brothers, employment, family, identity, Malta, medical treatment, mental health, prostitution, punishment, Salvation Army, Senate Inquiry, sexual abuse, South Australia, United Kingdom, Western Australia
By Gabbi Rose (guest author) on 10 November, 2011
Gabbi Rose shares photographs from the reunion of former inmates of the Winlaton Youth Training Centre, held at Open Place, Melbourne, on 29 October, 2011. Read more >
Posted in events, Forgotten Australians, memories, photos | Tagged photographs, prisons, Victoria, Winlaton
By V. (guest author) on 9 November, 2011
How is a Forgotten Australian supposed to obtain redress when his former institution ‘destroyed’ its records? A daughter of a Forgotten Australian shares letters from the Government of Western Australia and the Salvation Army. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians | Tagged family, files/records, redress, Salvation Army, Western Australia
By Helen Harms (guest author) on 8 November, 2011
Helen Harms writes about her experiences and shares photographs from her childhood in Nazareth House, Wynumm, Queensland. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, photography, photos | Tagged autobiography, bed wetting, education, family, food, medical treatment, mental health, Nazareth House, play, punishment, Queensland, regimentation, sexual abuse, toys
By Adele on 7 November, 2011
The blog will be closed on November 16, 2011 the day that the exhibition “Inside: Life in Children’s Homes and Institutions” is open at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Last day for sending posts for the Inside website is 9 November. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, events, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations
By Christine Harms (guest author) on 3 November, 2011
Christine Harms is performing at the National Museum of Australia as part of “Music to Remember”, on 16 November, 2011. This concert has been scheduled to acknowledge the second anniversary of the National Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants. Hear her latest recording of her original song “Give it Up”, dedicated to Al ‘Crow’ Fletcher, the author of “Brutal: Surviving Westbrook Boys Home”. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, music | Tagged prisons, Queensland, song
By Garry Shooks (guest author) on 3 November, 2011
Listen to Garry Shooks, a Forgotten Australian, talk about his life in institutional ‘care’. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged family, friendship, identity, New South Wales
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 2 November, 2011
View the latest film by Rachael Romero depicting, through drawings and poetry, her experiences at The Pines in South Australia. Read more >
Posted in drawing, film, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged painting, poem, prisons, sexual abuse, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines
By Wilma Robb (guest author) on 2 November, 2011
Join the Forgotten Australians’ rally in Canberra on the second anniversary of the National Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants. Read more >
Posted in events, Forgotten Australians | Tagged apology, Australian Capital Territory, prisons, protest
By Diane Mancuso (guest author) on 28 October, 2011
Forgotten Australian Diane Mancuso, who recently re-connected with her UK-based sister, shares a poem about her family’s history, written by her nephew, Simon Houlders. Read more >
Posted in events, Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged apology, family, identity, New South Wales, poem, sexual abuse
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