The Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 11/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that allowed for children from the ACT to be placed in NSW institutions. It provided that a court in the ACT may commit a person under the age of eighteen to a NSW institution, in accordance with the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act…
The Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1949 (Act no. 9/1949) was Commonwealth legislation, which amended the definition of ‘neglected child’ in the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905 (NSW). It commenced on 29 September 1949 and was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958. The NSW child welfare legislation…
The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938 (Act no. 2/1938) was Commonwealth legislation that regulated adoption of children in the ACT for the first time. This Ordinance was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act 1965, commencing on 18 October 1966. Under the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938, adoption required the consent of the child’s parent…
The Parliament of Australia issued a national apology to the Forgotten Australians on 16 November 2009. ‘Prime Minister says sorry’ is a video of then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivering that apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra.
This is an image of the Murdoch Holiday Home at Huskisson, also known as the Burnside Holiday Home. This image was published in Burnside: 75 years of caring. This image is undated. The date included is an estimate.
This is a video of a song called ‘Momma’ by Leanne Hawkins. The video features Leanne revisiting the site of St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst, where her mother was placed in 1942, and St Michael’s Church of England War Memorial Children’s Home in Kelso, where Leanne and her sister were placed in 1966.
This image is an illustration of the Female School of Industry at Darlinghurst. The illustration was made before construction of the building had been completed. The image shows a large two-storey building surrounded by high stone and iron fences. It also depicts several young girls in uniform standing outside of the house, possibly meant to…
This is an image of the Sydney Female Refuge on Pitt Street, Sydney. It shows the refuge in the foreground as a large building with two simple, two-storey wings on each side of a single-storey gated entrance. The Good Samaritan Convent is visible further along the street. This image was published in the Australian Town…
This is a photo of the Country Women’s Association Hostel, Murwillumbah. It was published in the Tweed Daily on 12 April 1949. The description given in the paper reads: “The house in James Street, Murwillumbah, which it is proposed should be acquired to serve as a hostel for country girls attending Murwillumbah High School.”
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