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Western Australia - Glossary Term
Care Leavers
Care leavers is one term commonly used in Australia to describe people who experienced out-of-home 'care' as children. The term generally refers to non-indigenous people.
Publications
Online Resources
- 'Child Family Community Australia Research Practice and Policy Information Exchange', in Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Family Studies, http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/. Details
- Forgotten Australians: life stories, Alliance for Forgotten Australians, 2011, http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/resources. Details
- Chynoweth, Adele, Let our histories be visible: Human rights museology and the National Museum of Australia's Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions, reCollections, vol. 7, National Museum Australia, 2012, http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/volume_7_number_1/commentary/let_our_histories_be_visible. Details
- National Museum of Australia and Ryebuck Media, The Forgotten Australians: What do they tell us about social life in Australia in the twentieth century?, National Museum Australia, 2011, https://insideblog.nma.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/forgotten_australians_colour2.pdf. Details
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 25 October 2011, Last modified: 27 February 2015
