Forgotten Australians
Forgotten Australians is a term applied to the more than
500,000 non-indigenous,Former child migrants and indigenous children who experienced
care in institutions or outside a home separated from their biological family setting during the 20th century. Many of
these children were abused, physically, emotionally, or sexually in care.
Survivors to this day still suffer the effects of the child abuse.
The number of Institutions throughout Australia is over 800, sadly many have been sold and being demolished without knowing of their historical significance .
The number of Institutions throughout Australia is over 800, sadly many have been sold and being demolished without knowing of their historical significance .
The Senate Inquiry 2004.
The Inquiry of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee in 2004 heard many people who were placed as children in the Australian institutional care to tell their stories – for many it was their first time. Sharing their experiences and caused great pain for them and their families. The report is titled, Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children. The Senate Committee reported that they had "received hundreds of graphic and disturbing accounts about the treatment and care experienced by children in out-of-home care. Their stories outlined emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and often criminal physical and sexual assault and neglect with little education and healthcare.
National Apology 2009
On 16 November 2009, at the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra, on behalf of the Australian Government, Prime Minister (Then) Kevin Rudd delivered an absolute apology to Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants who suffered abuse or neglect in care. He was supported by the (then) Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull.
On 16 November 2009, at the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra, on behalf of the Australian Government, Prime Minister (Then) Kevin Rudd delivered an absolute apology to Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants who suffered abuse or neglect in care. He was supported by the (then) Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull.
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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012
'Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions' featured the words, voices and objects belonging to Forgotten Australians, Former Child Migrants and those who experienced institutional care as children. The exhibition was launched at the National Museum in Canberra on 15 November 2011. More: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/ins... |
"Researchers have argued that Australia has the highest rate of institutionalisation of children in the world. So how, as a nation, do we respond to this?"
Adele Chynoweth is a theatre director and museum curator working on narratives of Forgotten Australians: more than 500,000 Australians who spent their childhood in orphanages and other institutions. |
Support Groups For Forgotten Australians
OPEN PLACE VICTORIA
http://www.openplace.org.au/
http://www.openplace.org.au/
WATTLE PLACE New South Wales
http://www.nsw.relationships.com.au/ourservices/services-library/fass.aspx
http://www.nsw.relationships.com.au/ourservices/services-library/fass.aspx
LOTUS PLACE Queensland
http://www.micahprojects.org.au/services/working-with-forgotten-australians/lotus-place
http://www.micahprojects.org.au/services/working-with-forgotten-australians/lotus-place
TUART PLACE Western Australia
http://www.tuartplace.org/
http://www.tuartplace.org/
Related Searches
Alliance For Forgotten Australians
http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/whereToTurn.html
Find And Connect
http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/
http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/