This month we circulated an eBulletin for the Find & Connect Web resource, with some ‘snapshots’ from our state-based historians about the various state and territory websites, as well as some news of interest to our stakeholders. This eBulletin was distributed to 367 email addresses. If you would …
Following on from this week’s announcement that the Victorian government will hold a parliamentary inquiry into abuse of child by religious and other organisations, calls are being made for a similar inquiry to be held in New South Wales. Groups including CLAN and Survivors Australia, as well as a NSW Greens MP have called for the handling of abuse allegations …
This Sunday, 22 April 2012, an exhibition of items from the CLAN National Orphanage Museum will be held at the site of Geelong’s first orphan asylum. The Geelong Orphan Asylum was established in 1854, in a bluestone building situated on Herne Hill. The institution remained at Herne Hill until 1934, when it moved to new premises in the Geelong …
On 17 April 2012, the Baillieu state government announced the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry into handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations. The inquiry will be conducted by the bipartisan Family and Community Development Committee, and will report by 30 April 2013.
This decision is in response to Recommendation 48 from the Cummins Inquiry which called for a …
