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Listening to people who experienced care provides deep insights into life in the child welfare system.
A mass breakout at Westbrook Farm Home brought attention to the brutal conditions endured by the boys 60 years ago this May.
“It’s not always about the worst, sometimes we really need to keep that balance with good stuff”
Before COVID-19, Spanish flu tore through the world’s population, threatening children in institutional care in Australia.
Putting people in control of the narrative around their time in care with their own stories & in their own words.
Guest Post: “The colonial archive continues to have a disempowering impact on our people whose lives have been extensively documented and controlled for the purposes of surveillance and dispossession.”
For children in care, summer came with the opportunity of a holiday.
Care Leavers Australia-wide now have access to CLAN’s Orphanage Museum through their new online collection.
Wayne Lewis, who spent time in “care” as a child gives a sense of what Christmas could be like, both in “care,” and when actually cared for, growing up out of home.
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