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

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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.

Invitation from Kevin Rudd and Jenny Macklin to the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants, Parliament House 16 November 2009.

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

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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.

Declaration of the Rights of the Child poster

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Frank and Samantha talk about their experiences in locating and accessing their records

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This is a 5 minute video featuring Frank who was in care during the 1940s and early 1950s, and Samantha, who spent 5 years in residential and foster care in the 2000s. The video is part of the training resource: ‘Who Am I? Making Records Meaningful: Resources to guide Record-Keeping Practices which support Identity for…

Front cover of the Bringing them home report (1997)

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Australia apology over abuse in state shelters – 16 Nov 09

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Al Jazeera’s Michelle Stone reports on the apology to ‘forgotten Australians’ and former child migrants.