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Review and Updates to NSW

We’ve added more info about NSW records and institutions after completing the first stage of our content review.

A New, Old Story on Find & Connect

New pages on Find & Connect tell an old story, including a public standoff, charges laid, and an attempt to return poor children to their families

More Institutions Added

The first Catholic orphanages in Australia have been added to the site

Looking Forward, Looking Back

As we get ready for a big year, we look to the past to inform how we prepare for the future

Orphanages During the War

Children in orphanages were affected by war in many ways

Creating Records from Memory

Innovative ways to fill gaps in records are providing important details to former residents of institutions where records are missing

Reblog- All the little travellers: the children of ‘Mornington Ride’

Records can turn up in the least expected places, and sometimes with a little help from The Seekers

Feedback & Updates

Feedback from former residents gives important context to the experience of life in care, and helps to correct the historical record

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.

Care in the Cold

Much of the country shivered through an arctic start to winter, but what was life like in institutions as the weather turned cold?

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