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Queensland - Glossary Term
Forgotten Australians (c. 2004 - )
- From
- c. 2004
The term 'Forgotten Australians' came into common use in about 2004 when the first report of the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care was published. The term was used by the Senate to describe the thousands of people who experienced institutional or out-of-home care in Australia in the twentieth century, particularly between the 1930s and the 1970s. Not every person who falls into this category identifies him or herself as a 'Forgotten Australian', or believes that their experience can be captured by this, or any other term.
Publications
Reports
Resource Sections
- Turnbull, Malcolm, Malcolm Turnbull apology to Forgotten Australians, The Australian, 16 November 2009. Details
Online Resources
- Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children., Commonwealth of Australia, August 2004, 438 pp, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index.htm. Details
- Lives of Uncommon Children: Reflections of Forgotten Australians, Micah Projects Inc., 2009, http://micahprojects.org.au/assets/docs/Publications/IR_84_Lives-of-Uncommon-Children-Reflections-of-Forgotten-Australians.pdf. Details
- National Museum of Australia; National Library of Australia, Forgotten Australians: Our History, Australian Government, 2009, http://forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au/index.html. Details
- Rudd, Kevin, Address at the apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants Great Hall, Parliament House, Commonwealth of Australia, 16 November 2009, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/110625/20091116-1801/www.pm.gov.au/node/6321.html. Details
- Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, Commonwealth of Australia, 2004, 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index.htm. Details
- Small, Marilyn, Unfinished business: the Forgotten Australians, 2009, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/vic/objects/D00000315.htm. Details
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 28 October 2011, Last modified: 31 October 2011
