This video features photographs of children’s homes and institutions in the public record. It was produced for the National Museum of Australia’s ‘Inside’ exhibition, November 2011.
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
Later, flowers were laid in remembrance of those who had passed away. ‘Anecdotal evidence has shown an abnormally large percentage of suicides among care leavers’ (The Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee Forgotten Australians, 2004, xvi).
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.
This is an image of St Martin’s House, which was located next door to ‘Shrublands’, the mansion where St John’s Home for Boys and Girls was located. The building where St Martin’s House was located was demolished in the early 2000s.
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