The first events of Care Experienced History Month & how to participate
A mass breakout at Westbrook Farm Home brought attention to the brutal conditions endured by the boys 60 years ago this May.
The Real Care the Second Time Around Project is addressing the needs of people who were in care as children as they enter aged care
The Stolen Generations Steering Committee are inviting Stolen Generations and family to yarn about a Reparations package
A 1966 video advertises the benefits of fostering a child in care, following a long history of advertising children.
Reading the reports from the deaths in custody Royal Commission, there are many ideas which still resonate today – about access to archival records, about the intergenerational legacy of institutionalisation, about justice.
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The Pell case is currently being heard in Melbourne’s Magistrates’ Court, but what kind of impact does this type of trial have on Care Leavers? Cardinal Pell, the Church or Civil Society: Who’s on Trial? Guest Post by Frank Golding
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Imagine a participatory art project aimed at developing archives inspired by creativity and respect …
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The National Summit on Setting the Record Straight for the Rights of the Child is less than 2 months away.
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In December 2016, I was part of a panel at the conference of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA) in Fremantle, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University. Chaired by Dr Joanne Evans, the panel was titled ‘Reimagining the archive for archival autonomy’.
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