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Barnardos Former Child Migrant Card Catalogue

  • March 28, 2019
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usabilitytestingiconBarnardos RAD funded Card Catalogue Index project will make accessing records easier for Former Child Migrants who traveled here under the Barnardos Immigration Scheme
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How good is Find & Connect?

  • March 8, 2019
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usabilitytestingiconDo you have some time spare to test Find & Connect? We want to improve and to do that, we need you to show us what works, and what doesn’t
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RADGrant Mothercraft Nurses

  • February 28, 2019
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mothercraftnursesBerry Street’s RAD funded Mothercraft Nurses Project will connect children in care in Victoria from 1907-1975 to their history with these nurses
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British Child Migrants Payment Scheme

  • February 13, 2019
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childmigrantThe British government will compensate Former Child Migrants for the “misguided” program that saw around 4000 sent to Australia
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RADGrant – Photo Access

  • January 30, 2019
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magdalenlaundryGood Shepherd’s RAD funded Photo Access Project will improve access to photographic, media and contextual information in their archives
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Righting past wrongs

  • January 22, 2019
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childsummonsHistorical care and protection orders are no longer treated as criminal convictions in Victoria
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Christmas opening times for Find & Connect Support Services

  • December 21, 2018
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FindandConnectWattleChristmas opening hours for the Find & Connect support services differ between states; the opening hours for the services in each state and territory are listed in the post. When the Find & Connect support services are closed, your calls to 1800 16 11 09 will go to an answering machine. Your calls and emails will be responded to when the offices re-open in the new year.
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Christmas at “Home”

  • December 14, 2018
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Wayne Lewis, who spent time in “care” as a child gives a sense of what Christmas could be like, both in “care,” and when actually cared for, growing up out of home.
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Announcing the 2018 RADGrant recipients

  • November 30, 2018
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Announcing new projects that will improve access to records for people who spent time in care at one of the successful organisations as children
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Rights in Records by Design – Recordkeeping Principles Survey

  • October 22, 2018
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A new survey by Rights in Records by Design project seeks to get the views of those working with records of out-of-home Care by November 16th.
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