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 Adele on 24 October, 2011
‘Living is easy with eyes closed’, so wrote John Lennon in the song ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, of his childhood experiences playing in the grounds of the Strawberry Field Salvation Army Children’s Home, Liverpool. Read more >
Posted in Child Migrants, Forgotten Australians, memories, music, Stolen Generations | Tagged family, song
By Leanne Hawkins (guest author) on 24 October, 2011
Singer/songwriter Leanne Hawkins who spent time in St Michael’s, in Bathurst. Here you can view her latest video clip for her song ‘Momma’. Read more >
Posted in film, Forgotten Australians, memories, music | Tagged New South Wales, song, St Joseph's, St Michael's Bathurst
By Darren Sugars (guest author) on 9 September, 2011
Singer/songwriter Darren Sugars, with apologies to Rolf Harris, wrote his own lyrics to ‘Two Little Boys’ which Darren notes is ‘about someone helping another when he is down’. Darren sent these words to Minister Kevin Rudd after witnessing the frustration and ‘re-abuse’ caused by the redress process. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, memories, poetry | Tagged family, files/records, poem, redress, song, Western Australia
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 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 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 Christine Harms (guest author) on 7 June, 2011
Singer/songwriter Christine Harms was admitted to Nazareth House, Wynnum, Queensland at the age of three and left when she was 13. Her original song “On Eagle’s Wings”, recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a reflection on her experiences in the Home. Read more >
Posted in Forgotten Australians, music | Tagged Nazareth House, Queensland, song, United States of America
By Alan Bowles (guest author) on 3 June, 2011
Alan Bowles, who grew up in a Salvation Army Home, shares the song he wrote and performed at the unveiling of the Victorian memorial to Forgotten Australians, in Melbourne on 25 October 2010. Read more >
Posted in events, Forgotten Australians, memories, music, photos | Tagged memorial, photographs, Salvation Army, song, Victoria
By Adele on 27 April, 2011
Sinead O’Connor’s “This is to Mother You” was played at the Healing Service and Memorial Dedication to the Forgotten Australians of NSW, 19 September 2009. Read more >
Posted in events, Forgotten Australians, music | Tagged song
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