Sea Side Cottage, Coogee, WA

Reblog – Holidays out of Home

This blog post provides a taste of what Christmas and the summer holidays were like for children who lived out of home.

Hospital Creche 1954

Listen: Women Speak about Forced Adoption

Hear from the women who experienced their babies being taken from them to be adopted to married couples

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.

Sea Side Cottage, Coogee, WA

Holidays out of Home

For children in care, summer came with the opportunity of a holiday.

News, Adelaide, 1946

Read all about it: Advertising for adoption

A 1966 video advertises the benefits of fostering a child in care, following a long history of advertising children.

Without Consent

Adoption record
The Without Consent exhibition, documenting the practice of Forced Adoption in Australia, enters its final months.

Adoptions

usabilitytestingiconFinding information & records about forced adoption
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