The 'Forgotten Australians' report (2004) noted that 'non-wards' experienced particular difficulties in their search for records about their time in care.
'Because we were not legally 'Wards of the State', we have no records except for admission data [Submission No. 6].'
Because of this paucity of records, 'non-wards' were described in the Report as 'largely invisible' to the state authorities.
There is also less information in the public records and archives about the babies' and children's institutions which were not subsidised by state government authorities.
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Last updated:
13 February 2018
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