Bonegilla 1957

From War to Orphanage

Children of displaced persons arrived in Australia with a least one parent, but many were placed in orphanages. We’re looking into this piece of Australian history.

Bonegilla

We’re expanding our information about children who went from Bonegilla Migrant Camp to the welfare system.

Boys playing on the grounds of Bethany Boys' Home in Lowelly Road, Lindisfarne

The Life Stories Project is Wrapping Up

A project that documents the stories of people who spent time in care, in their own words & on their own terms, is coming to a close.

British Children Evacuate To Australia

Caught on Film

Film taken in children’s homes and institutions provide a skewed view of life in care, but also some insights into life at the time.

Nudgee Orphanage 1928

Finding Family

People who were in care as children were often separated from their siblings & may not have known their parents. It’s possible they may be found.

Lost Innocents

For child migrants, records can be kept across Homes, organisations, and continents, all with their own rules.

Girls in cookery class, Melbourne Orphanage, Brighton, Vic.

Life Stories Project

Putting people in control of the narrative around their time in care with their own stories & in their own words.

10th Anniversary of the National Apology – Events

pinTo mark the 10th Anniversary of the National Apology, Find & Connect services around the country are holding events, listed here

British Child Migrants Payment Scheme

childmigrantThe British government will compensate Former Child Migrants for the “misguided” program that saw around 4000 sent to Australia
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Hearing the Past in the Present – online exhibitions, oral histories, radio/podcasts and theatre

Following on from our last post, here’s a list of podcasts, interviews & exhibitions focused on Australia’s history of out-of-home care.
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