Resource Section

Author

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

Title

Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices (2011 - 2012)

In

Parliament of Australia website

Imprint

Commonwealth of Australia, 2012

Url

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/report/index.htm

Description

The Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices (2011-2012) website is a gateway to information about the Senate inquiry into events that led to parents being unwillingly separated from their children through adoption, and the effects on all concerned.

Related Entries

Archival Items

• Beryl Grant interviewed by Christine Choo in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project (2011)

Events

• Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices (2011 - 2012)
• Removal of Children from Unmarried Mothers - Apology by the Parliament of Western Australia (19 October 2010)

Glossary Terms

• Adoption (1896 - )
• Closed Adoption (1921 - 1995)
• Forced Adoption (1940s - 1970s)

Organisations

• Adoption Jigsaw, Western Australia (Inc) (1978 - )

Related Publications

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• 'Submissions received by the Committee', in Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices (2011 - 2012), Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details

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• Parliament of Australia website, http://www.aph.gov.au. Details

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• Kenny, P., Higgins, D., Soloff, C., & Sweid, R., Past adoption experiences: National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Practices (Research Report No. 21), Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2012, https://aifs.gov.au/research/research-reports/past-adoption-experiences. Details
• 'National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Experiences', in Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Family Studies, https://aifs.gov.au/publications/past-adoption-experiences. Details
• 'Removal of Children from Unmarried Mothers - Apology [Hansard p7881a-7889a]', in parliament.wa.gov.au, Parliament of Western Australia, 19 October 2010, http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard/hansard.nsf/0/fff526da4cf39505482577c900279425/$FILE/A38%20S1%2020101019%20p7881a-7889a.pdf. Details