By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 17 September, 2011
Interdisciplinary artist Rachel Romero is currently creating the Magdalene Laundry Diary drawings for her forthcoming film. Read more >
Posted in art, drawing, Forgotten Australians, memories | Tagged child labour, identity, laundry, painting, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines, United States of America
By Ann McVeigh (guest author) on 2 August, 2011
‘My identity was stolen from me’. Child Migrant Ann McVeigh shares her personal history and photographs of St Joseph’s Orphanage, Subiaco (now Wembley), WA. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, photos | Tagged child labour, education, family, files/records, friendship, identity, laundry, photographs, prisons, sexual abuse, St Joseph's, Western Australia
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 8 June, 2011
Rachael Romero, a former inmate of the The Pines, the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Plympton, South Australia, shares her drawing A Severed Life. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, painting, poetry | Tagged child labour, laundry, painting, poem, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines, United States of America
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 3 June, 2011
New York artist and former resident of The Pines (Good Shepherd Convent), Adelaide SA, Rachael Romero shares artwork from her pending publication ‘Artist’s Portfolio: Nothing Sacred’. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, painting | Tagged child labour, laundry, painting, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines, United States of America
By Rachel Romero (guest author) on 18 May, 2011
New York artist and film-maker, Rachael Romero, and former inmate of ‘The Pines’, Sisters of the Good Shepherd Convent, Plympton, South Australia shares a page from her book which will be published this year. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, painting | Tagged child labour, laundry, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 2 May, 2011
In 1971, Rachael Romero, soon after her release from The Pines (Sisters of the Good Shepherd Convent), Plympton, SA, she wrote a poem about how it felt to be indoctrinated. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, poetry | Tagged identity, laundry, poem, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines
By Raymond Brand (guest author) on 13 April, 2011
Former Child Migrant Raymond Brand writes about his experience as a child migrant from Britain, growing up in Castledare and Bindoon, WA. Ray describes the abuse he suffered and how education and medical care were low priorities at Bindoon. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, memories | Tagged autobiography, Bindoon, Castledare, child labour, Christian Brothers, education, family, laundry, medical treatment, Orient Line RMS Oronsay, Western Australia
By Janice Konstantinidis (guest author) on 10 March, 2011
In January 2010, Janice Konstantinidis returned to her former Home, Mount Saint Canice, Sandy Bay, Tasmania to witness its redevelopment into luxury apartments. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, photos | Tagged laundry, Mount Saint Canice, photographs, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Tasmania
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 10 March, 2011
Rachael Romero who was sent to the The Pines, Plympton, SA, run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, recalls the importnace of holy cards. Read more >
Posted in documents, Forgotten Australians, memories, objects | Tagged child labour, friendship, laundry, letters, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines
By Rachael Romero (guest author) on 2 March, 2011
Rachael Romero shares her original art work which she painted in 1973. Read more >
Posted in art, Forgotten Australians, memories, painting | Tagged child labour, laundry, painting, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, South Australia, The Pines
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