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Film – The Right To Your Own History

  • January 25, 2024
  • in Features
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This Danish short film tells a universal story of searching & finding for records about time out of home

Sea Side Cottage, Coogee, WA

Reblog – Holidays out of Home

  • January 12, 2024
  • in Features
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This blog post provides a taste of what Christmas and the summer holidays were like for children who lived out of home.

Children from Berry Street at Christmas

2023 Christmas Closures

  • December 8, 2023
  • in Features, News
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Find & Connect Support Services will be taking a short break over Christmas, check here for their opening times & who to contact if you need some help.

Reblog – Christmas at “Home”

  • November 24, 2023
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Reblog: One child’s experience of a Christmas at “home”

From Institutions to Academia – Gregory Smith

  • November 10, 2023
  • in Features
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WATCH: How once homeless Gregory Smith found the meaning of true contentment | Australian Story

More Victorian Ward Records Accessible

  • October 27, 2023
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Records about State Wards in Victoria from 1864-1923) have been made available online

Homepage 2023

Implementing Your Usability Feedback

  • October 13, 2023
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We’re almost at the end! We’ve made some changes based on feedback from site users, and can’t wait to see what you think.

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Media Article “Buried Lives”

  • September 29, 2023
  • in Features
  • 1 Comment

From the Guardian “When the United Aborigines Mission wound up in 2020, boxes of records disappeared – leaving stolen generations survivors with agonising questions”

Randwick Asylum Quad

Snapshots: Activities

  • September 15, 2023
  • in Features, News
  • 3 Comments

Snapshots of life in children’s homes showcases photographs recently added to www.findandconnect.gov.au

Yasmar Shelter dining room

Snapshots: Dining Rooms

  • September 1, 2023
  • in Features, News
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Snapshots of life in children’s homes showcases photographs recently added to www.findandconnect.gov.au

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