By Diane Mancuso (guest author) on 4 October, 2011
‘These are my observations, thoughts & feelings’, writes Diane Mancuso. Many Forgotten Australians bear the burden of memories associated with institutional ‘care’. In this series of poems entitled ‘DOCS’ (Department of Children’s Services), Diane courageously demonstrates the intergenerational risk of children being lost to out-of-home care. The cycle sadly continues. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged family, foster care, New South Wales
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 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 Adele on 11 February, 2011
Connecting Kin is a publication produced by the NSW Department of Human and Community Services which assists people who have been separated from their birth families. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, documents, Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations | Tagged files/records, foster care, identity, New South Wales
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 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 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
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