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Holidays out of Home

  • January 15, 2021
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For children in care, summer came with the opportunity of a holiday.

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2020 Christmas closures

  • December 17, 2020
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Find and Connect Support Services Christmas shutdown dates.

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Read all about it: Advertising for adoption

  • December 11, 2020
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A 1966 video advertises the benefits of fostering a child in care, following a long history of advertising children.

Eleven years on…

  • November 13, 2020
  • in Features, News
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On Monday November 16, it will be 11 years since the National Apology to Forgotten Australians

Children's Welfare Department & Reformatory Schools Report Vic 1933

Find & Connect recognised with awards

  • October 30, 2020
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Two of the Find & Connect Team were this year recognised for their work in the Australian Society of Archivists Mander Jones Awards.

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In a Care Leaver’s Voice

  • October 16, 2020
  • in Features, News
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Greg Baker and Cathy Humphreys explain the importance of records, and the work we do

Fighting for social change: Citizen activism and the Child Abuse Royal Commission

  • October 2, 2020
  • in Features
  • 1 Comment

Guest post – Remembering & recognising advocates for the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse

Out-of-Home Care Records Webinar

  • September 18, 2020
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Watch our webinar on achieving better records access for Care Leavers in archives.

Out-of-Home Care Records Toolkit

  • July 24, 2020
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A toolkit to achieve better records access for Care Leavers.

Sarah’s Story: Records Access

  • July 10, 2020
  • in Features
  • 2 Comments

“My voice was snuffed out, the adults employed by the state to ensure my safety and wellbeing expressed their assumptions.” This is Sarah M.’s experience of accessing her records.

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