Waverley House

More Institutions Added

The first Catholic orphanages in Australia have been added to the site

New photos added

Photographs play an important role on Find & Connect, from providing a tangible image of childhood to stimulating memories.

Bonegilla 1957

From War to Orphanage

Children of displaced persons arrived in Australia with a least one parent, but many were placed in orphanages. We’re looking into this piece of Australian history.

St Vincent de Paul Girl's Orphanage quad

Updates on St Vincent de Paul orphanages

We’ve added new information about St Vincent de Paul orphanages in Victoria, including 3 new pages.

Bonegilla

We’re expanding our information about children who went from Bonegilla Migrant Camp to the welfare system.

Ashley Our Home

Ashley Boys Home and Updating Find & Connect

The history of child welfare in Australia is missing its most important voices without those who were in care.

Indooroopilly Boys Home 'Caring for he Children'

Farewell to Our First Decade

As 2021 comes to a close, we share some of our achievements, and some of our plans for the new year

Aged Care – our submission to the Royal Commission

Good Shepherd
LONG READ: Our submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

Do you recognise these photos?

We need your help! If you know about the institutions in these photos, please let us know so we can update Find & Connect
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Roots

tn_Richard-Rose-tree.png On Monday 18 July 2016, the University of Melbourne hosted a workshop related to ‘Routes to the Past’, a project exploring possibilities for new collaborative approaches to working with Care Leavers, supporting them through the processes of accessing records, discovering their family history and coming to terms with a past in institutional ‘care’.
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