Feedback & Updates

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

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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.

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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?

Update: Child Welfare Timeline

We’ve updated the Child Welfare Timeline

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Voice and Influence of People With Lived Experience

A new opportunity for people who grew up in orphanages, children’s Homes, missions or foster care to share their experience with the British Journal of Social Work

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More Than Our Childhoods Project

A new project aims to demonstrate that people who were in care are more than their childhoods.

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Ashley Boys Home and Updating Find & Connect

The history of child welfare in Australia is missing its most important voices without those who were in care.

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Farewell to Our First Decade

As 2021 comes to a close, we share some of our achievements, and some of our plans for the new year

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Find & Connect Site Updates

We’re well on our way to a better site, but there’s also a lot that’s been happening in the back ground.

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CEHM, what’s been and what’s to come.

Here’s the place to catch up with what’s been happening at CEHM, and get involved in what’s to come.