This is a copy of the text of the speech given by Premier Jacinta Allan at the Apology to Victorians who experienced historical abuse and neglect as children in institutional care on 8 February 2024.
Premier Jacinta Allan delivered a formal apology to people who historical abuse and neglect as children in institutional care in Victoria on 8 February 2024. Members of both houses of parliament gathered in the Legislative Assembly for the speech delivered by Jacinta Allan. It included these words: Today we acknowledge a shameful chapter in our…
Redress for Historical Institutional Abuse opened on 10 December 2024. The redress scheme is for people who lived in a Victorian institution as a child for a period of at least 6 months, before 1 January 1990, and experienced physical, psychological or emotional abuse or neglect in the institution. People found eligible for this redress…
The Historical Forced Adoptions Redress Schemee was announced by the Victorian government in April, 2025. The scheme provides financial redress and support to the many mothers who continue to live with the serious, complex and ongoing effects of their experience of forced separation. The establishment of a scheme for mothers whose babies were forcibly removed…
This is a copy of a photograph from the Geelong Heritage Centre collection of Bethany Babies’ Home’s Gala Day float in 1932. Several infants and nurses rode on the float, in front of a sign that said “Australia’s Best Products”. On the back of the photograph is written: “Second Prize Gala Day 4/11/32, Bethany Babies…
Records of Pleasant Creek Colony, later known as Pleasant Creek Training Centre, are held by the Public Record Office Victoria. They include Admission and Discharge registers, which include details about children admitted to Pleasant Creek, as well as information about staff who worked at the centre. Information in the admission and discharge registers varies by…
Aboriginal Affairs photographic negatives is a series held by the National Archives of Australia. It consists of black and white 35mm and 6 x 6cm negatives and three 5 x 4″ (12.5 x 10cm) colour internegatives from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. These items document events relating to Aboriginal Affairs. It includes photographs of institutions such…
This is a photograph showing a new Family Group Home opened by St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls at 20 Longview Street, Pascoe Vale. It shows three people in front of a brick house with tile roof and a long curved driveway. This image was published in the Church Scene magazine of the Anglican…
This is a copy of an image of a badge from St John’s Homes for Boys. It was published on an old website about the Shrublands mansion site. The badge likely dates from the period before 1958 when St John’s started to accept girls as well as boys.
This is a poster created by the Victorian Department of Public Works to show buildings at Mental Hospitals around Victoria that had been designed and built by the department. It includes images of ward blocks, administration offices, and staff residences at Ballarat Mental Hospital, Sunbury Mental Hospital, Mont Park, Janefield, Larundel, and Brierly Hospital Warrnambool.
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