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.”
This is an image of the Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home. It shows a large two-storey brick building with two wings, and four columns at its entrance. This photograph is undated. The date given is an estiamate.
This is an image of the Shuna Red Cross Home at Leura. It shows five girls making the beds on the sleeping verandah at Shuna, under the supervision of a matron. This image was published in The Sun on 13 July 1926, along with other images from Shuna and the Bodington Red Cross Hospital in…
This is a black and whtie image of Shuna Red Cross Home, Leura. It shows six girls standing on the path in the leading up to Shuna, and the house behind them. It was published in The Sun on 6 March 1927, along with other photos of the Shuna and Juong Red Cross Homes in…
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