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Cardinal Pell, the Church or Civil Society: Who’s on Trial?

  • March 23, 2018
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The Pell case is currently being heard in Melbourne’s Magistrates’ Court, but what kind of impact does this type of trial have on Care Leavers? Cardinal Pell, the Church or Civil Society: Who’s on Trial? Guest Post by Frank Golding
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Redress for Former Child Migrants

  • March 9, 2018
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Guest post by the Child Migrants Trust on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) the majority of child migrants post-war were shipped to Australia.
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Support Service Series – Lotus Place, Qld

  • February 23, 2018
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The Support Service Series showcases Find & Connect Services in each state. Here you can get an idea of what happens after you contact a service.
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Sydney’s ‘crisis of infanticide’ in 1873

  • February 9, 2018
  • in Features
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The Infants’ Home (TIH) was one of the recipients of a RAD2 grant which the organisation used to arrange the digitisation of records and images relating to the Home, which are held at the State Library of New South Wales.  As a result of this work, TIH provided the Find & Connect web resource with new information so we could update our entries about the organisation and its records.
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More information, more easily – Find & Connect in 2018

  • January 19, 2018
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Following the end of the Royal Commission, 2018 is a time to take stock, plan the next phase of the website, and clarify what we hope to achieve this year..
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Opening Times & Achievements 2017

  • December 22, 2017
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Before we shut down for the year we thought we’d share some of our achievements over 2017, made possible by the engagement of these groups and individuals.
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Royal Commission Final Report – Volume 8 Recordkeeping and Information Sharing

  • December 15, 2017
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The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was released on Friday 15 December 2017. This blog post is a quick response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission relating to recordkeeping.
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Support Service Series – Wattle Place, NSW

  • December 8, 2017
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The Support Service Series showcases Find & Connect Services in each state. Here you can get an idea of what happens after you contact a service.
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Support Service Series – Brolga Place, NT

  • November 24, 2017
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The Support Service Series showcases Find & Connect Services in each state. Here you can get an idea of what happens after you contact a service.
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Are we in an ‘Age of Inquiry’ into institutional child abuse?

  • November 10, 2017
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Inspired by the Find & Connect web resource, The Age of Inquiry is mapping institutional child abuse inquiries with the aim of developing a comprehensive, publicly available online database of historical child abuse inquiries globally.
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