Newspaper Article

Author

Kenneally, Christine

Title

The Forgotten Ones: half a million lost childhoods

In

The Monthly

Imprint

no. 81, August 2012

Url

http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2012/august/1354057131/christine-kenneally/forgotten-ones

Description

This article discusses the trouble Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers have accessing their records. It mentions Bidura, Parramatta Girls Training School, Royleston and has a photo of a boy from Dalwood (incorrectly captioned 'Dalforth'). It describes how children moved in and out of foster care, spending time in Royleston or Bidura between placements.

It makes special mention of Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) and the Find & Connect web resource.

Related Entries

Events

• Australian Parliament Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (16 November 2009)
• Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (2003 - 2004)

Glossary Terms

• Care Leavers
• Forgotten Australians (2004 - )
• Foster Care (1881 - )

Organisations

• Bidura (1920 - 1977)
• Care Leavers Australia Network (2000 - )
• Child Welfare Department, State Government of New South Wales (1923 - 1970)
• Dalwood Children's Home (1924 - 1989)
• Department of Community Services, State Government of New South Wales (1992 - 2009)
• Parramatta Girls Training School (1946 - 1974)
• Royleston (1922 - 1983)

Related Publications

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• Penglase, Joanna, Orphans of the living: growing up in care in twentieth-century Australia, Curtin University Books/Fremantle Press, Fremantle, 2005, 384 pp. Details

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• Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Revisited: Report on the progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports, Commonwealth of Australia, 2009. Also available at http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2008-10/recs_lost_innocents_forgotten_aust_rpts/report/index. Details