Compelling accounts of life in Australian children's homes and institutions, shared as part of the National Museum's Inside exhibition.
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes series 14 Feb 2012
Inside Children’s Homes forum panel discussion
Panellists discuss life since the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.
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Presenters:
Caroline Carroll, Adele Chynoweth, Bonney Djuric, Frank Golding and Derek Moriarty
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes series 14 Feb 2012
Inside Children's Homes with Dr Joanna Penglase
Joanna Penglase, author of Orphans of the Living and co-founder of CLAN, discusses her research into the history of the Forgotten Australians and looks at where we are today.
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Presenters:
Joanna Penglase
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes series 29 Nov 2011
Rachael Romero on In the Shadow of Eden
Following the Australian premiere of her film In the Shadow of Eden, independent filmmaker and Forgotten Australian Rachael Romero joins visitors for a question and answer session via video link from New York.
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Presenters:
Jay Arthur, Adele Chynoweth and Rachael Romero
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes series 15 Nov 2011
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes and Institutions exhibition launch
Actor Jack Thompson makes an impassioned plea for continuing recognition at the Inside exhibition launch, followed by Minister Jenny Macklin and a performance of Eagles Wings written and sung by Christine Harms.
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Presenters:
Christine Harms, Jenny Macklin, Shane Mortimer, Andrew Sayers and Jack Thompson
Inside: Life in Children’s Homes series 01 Sep 2011
Life inside Westbrook Children’s Home, from the perspective of a survivor
Alfred Fletcher discusses with Adele Chynoweth his experiences at Westbrook as told to Cheryl Jorgensen in Brutal: Surviving Westbrook Boys Home. His story is one of many included in the Inside: Life in Children’s Homes exhibition.
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Presenters:
Adele Chynoweth and Alfred Fletcher