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Church of England Girls’ Home [Carlingford]

This photo shows the front of the Church of England Girls’  Home at Carlingford. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Stewart Lee on SS Strathnaver, 1955

This is a copy of an image that was part of the exhibition: ‘On their own: Britain’s child migrants’. Stewart Lee was sent to Australia by the Fairbridge Society in 1955, aged 4, and went to Molong Farm School in New South Wales. This webpage is no longer in operation. This version was taken from…

Sorry, Kevin Rudd’s Apology to “The stolen Generation”

This is a link to a video on the Kevin Rudd YouTube channel, of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologising to the Stolen Generations.

The National Apology for Forced Adoptions – Prime Minister Julia Gillard

This is a link to a video on the Julia Gillard YouTube channel of the national apology for forced adoptions.

School children line up for free issue of soup and a slice of bread during the Depression

This is a copy of an image from the State Library of New South Wales. Caption: School soup queue, Belmore, 2 August 1934 : During the Depression, the Parents and Citizens’ Association at Belmore North Public School served over 300 bowls of soup to the children of the unemployed each day and distributed warm clothing…

Sorry Day, 2007

This is a copy of an image from the Stolen Generations timeline on the Creative Spirits website, with the caption: ‘Sorry Day 2007. Someone had planted an Aboriginal flag on the ground expressing his sorrow for what had happened to Indigenous people’.

Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order

This is an image of a child endowment order that was auctioned in 2012. [Lot description:] Commonwealth of Australia child endowment order for Four Pounds 24th July 1945 still in original booklet, stain in right margin else EF.

Children’s homes: a selection of images of Australian children’s homes and institutions

This video features photographs of children’s homes and institutions in the public record. It was produced for the National Museum of Australia’s ‘Inside’ exhibition, November 2011.

Advice of admission of a child to an institution and claim for additional child endowment

This is a copy of a form used by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services in the 1970s to administer child endowment payments to institutions. This form was provided to the Find & Connect web resource by Berry Street’s Heritage and Background Information Service and has been redacted to protect the privacy of individuals.