The 16/11/2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the National Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants
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To mark the 10th Anniversary of the National Apology, Find & Connect services around the country are holding events, listed here
There were around 500 000 children in care in Australia from the 1920’s to the 1980’s. Now they have a new way of filling in the gaps of their childhood memories.
People who spent time in St Christopher’s Home in Taree as children will now have faster, better access to records.
Guest Blog: The importance of gaining access to information about out of home care has been recognised with the launch of a new guideline by the NSW Information Commissioner
Records that have been improperly stored are often damaged & difficult to access. MacKillop’s RAD funded project will protect, index & digitise records of more than 2000 children
Every feedback email received can help Find & Connect tell the full story of the experience of a childhood in “care”
Where records have been incorrectly described & catalogued, Care Leavers are unable to access information important to them. Anglicare Vic’s RADGrant will rectify this.
The impact records can have on a Care Leaver, by Greg Baker, who experienced accessing records about his own life in “care”
Marist180’s RAD funded project will protect fragile record books and make accessing records even faster for past clients.
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