Resources
Over the Christmas Holiday season
- Lifeline – staying balanced over the Christmas period
- Beyond Blue – watch for signs of depression during the festive season
In Sydney in January?
Catch a live theatre performance of The Fence – a story of the resilience and wisdom of five middle-aged Australians, four of whom grew up in care. Part of the Sydney Festival 2010, The Fence is produced by Urban Theatre Projects with community partners including the Alliance for Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations Alliance, and Link-Up.
Organisations
- Alliance for Forgotten Australians – an alliance of groups and selected individuals promoting the interests of Forgotten Australians through advocacy and projects
- Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) – a network for people who grew up in Australia's orphanages, children's homes and in foster care
- Child Migrants Trust – an independent professional service for former child migrants, their parents and relatives
- Pathways – historical resources for people who experienced out-of-home 'care' in Victoria
- Website for the Forgotten Australians – a site paid for, built and owned by system leavers across Australia – information about services and upcoming events; a good place to find people who you can talk to 24/7; advocacy, support, information, forum and blog
- Wing for Survivors – a social media platform for Forgotten Australians to interact
Media coverage
Keep up-to-date with 'Forgotten Australians' (via Google):
Listen to earlier news about the apology:
- ABC Radio National – Breakfast on the national apology to the Forgotten Australians, 26 October 2009
- ABC Radio National – The Law Report on the call for a national apology, 10 March 2009
Partners in the History project
- National Museum of Australia – making an exhibition
- National Library of Australia – recording oral history interviews
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – organising the national apology – see their Q&A about the apology
Australian Government reports
- Bringing Them Home – report on the 'Stolen Children', 1997
- Lost Innocents – righting the record – report on child migration, 2001
- Forgotten Australians – report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, 2004
- Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Revisited – report on the progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports, 2009
Books
- M Fawdry, The Little Mongrel: Free to a Good Home, M Fawdry, Launceston, Tasmania, 2006.
- S Killens and L Lewis, The Inconvenient Child: A True Story, Miracle Publishing, St Leonards, New South Wales, 2009.
- K Meekins, Red Tape Rape, K Meekins, Adelaide, 2008.
- S Murray, J Murphy, E Branigan & J Malone, After the Orphanage: Life Beyond the Children's Home, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009.
- J Penglase, Orphans of the Living: Growing up in 'Care' in Twentieth-Century Australia, Curtin University Books, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2005.
- P Scottney-Turbill, Morialta: Fire in the Mist, P Scottney-Turbill, Stirling, South Australia, 1994.
- R Szablicki, Orphanage Boy: Through the Eyes of Innocence, New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, 2007.
Other resources?
To suggest further resources to add to this site, please email contact_us@forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au
