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Forgotten Australians (c. 2004 - )
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The term 'Forgotten Australians' came into common use around the time of the publication of first report of the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care in 2004. The term 'Forgotten Australians' was used by the Senate to describe the thousands of people who experienced institutional or out-of-home care in Australia in the twentieth century, particularly during the period from the 1930s to the 1970s. However, not every person who falls into this category identifies him or herself as a 'Forgotten Australian', or believes that their experience can be captured by this, or any other term.
Publications
Books
- Boyce, J., For the record : background information on the work of the Anglican Church with Aboriginal children and directory of Anglican agencies providing residential care to children from 1830 to 1980, Anglicare Australia, Melbourne, 2003. Details
- George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005. Details
Reports
- Small, Marilyn, Unfinished business: the Forgotten Australians, 2009. Details
Online Resources
- Signposts: a guide for children and young people in care in WA [Western Australia] from 1920, Department for Community Development, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au/. Details
- Connecting kin: a guide to help people separated from their families search for their records,
from their families. It provides information about where records are kept and how to access them., New South Wales Department of Community Services, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf. Details
- 'A Piece of the Story': National Directory of Records of Catholic organisations caring for children separated from their families, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, November 1999, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/A-Piece-of-the-Story-Directory-of-Catholic-Records-.pdf. Details
- 'The Homies', in ABC Online, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2003, https://web.archive.org/web/20170419104218/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030818_homies/default.htm. Details
- 'Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Oral History Project', National Library of Australia, 2010, https://www.nla.gov.au/oral-history/forgotten-australians-and-former-child-migrants-oral-history-project. Details
- Harrison, Eris Jane, Forgotten Australians: supporting survivors of childhood institutional care in Australia, This booklet is designed to inform and assist doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, dentists, social workers, counsellors and welfare workers. It will also be an essential resource for service delivery organisations. It aims to give health and other professionals the background information they need to recognise, relate to and assist people who are experiencing long term trauma because of a childhood spent in orphanages or Homes - the Forgotten Australians., Fifith edition, July 2016 edn, Alliance for Forgotten Australians and Families Australia, 2016, http://forgottenaustralians.org.au/assets/docs/Booklet/AFA_Booklet.pdf. Details
- Murray, Andrew, The Forgotten Australians: Identity, records and their search for the past, The New Critic, September 2008, http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/new-critic/eight/murray. Details
- National Museum of Australia; National Library of Australia, Forgotten Australians: Our History, Australian Government, 2009, http://forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au/index.html. Details
- Penglase, Joanna and Lindal Sambrook, A terrible way to grow up: the experience of institutional care and its outcomes for care leavers in Australia, Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN), November 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20180326044212/http://www.clan.org.au/reference/publications/survey/. Details
- Queensland Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland (Department of Families), 2001. Details
- Rudd, Kevin, Address at the apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants
Great Hall, Parliament House, Transcript of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's speech on the Prime Minister's website., Commonwealth of Australia, 16 November 2009, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/110625/20091116-1801/www.pm.gov.au/node/6321.html. Details
- Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, Commonwealth of Australia, 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index. Details
- Turnbull, Malcolm, 'Malcolm Turnbull apology to Forgotten Australians', Transcript of the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP apology to Forgotten Australians, Great Hall, Parliament House in Canberra on 16 November 2009, The Australian, 16 November 2009. Details
- Willis, Rob, 'Smoky Dawson, excerpt from interview with Rob Willis, 20 April 2000', in Forgotten Australians: Our History website, National Museum of Australia; National Library of Australia, Australian Government, 2009, http://www.forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au/oral_histories.html. Details
Photos
- Title
- Prime Minister says sorry
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 15 November 2009
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- Posted on Youtube by NewsOnABC
Details
- Title
- Australia apology over abuse in state shelters - 16 Nov 09
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 16 November 2009
- Source
- Al Jazeera
Details
- Title
- Opening presentation by Vladimir Selakovic, Care Leavers of Australia Network (CLAN)
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- Document
- Date
- 15 April 2010
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Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 6 March 2009, Last modified: 28 October 2011