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Forgotten Australians (c. 2004 - )
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'Orphans of the living', article by Nikki Barraclough, 2000, courtesy of Kindly provided by Lana Syed.
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The term 'Forgotten Australians' came into common use around the time of the publication of first report of the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care in 2004. The term 'Forgotten Australians' was used by the Senate to describe the thousands of people who experienced institutional or out-of-Home care in Australia in the twentieth century, particularly during the period from the 1930s to the 1970s. However, not every person who falls into this category identifies him or herself as a 'Forgotten Australian', or believes that their experience can be captured by this, or any other term.
Publications
Newspaper Articles
- Barrowclough, Nikki, 'Orphans of the living', Good Weekend, 14 October 2000, pp. 22-28. Details
Online Resources
- 'Who are the Forgotten Australians? Background and overview', in Forgotten Australians: life stories, Alliance for Forgotten Australians, 2011, https://youtu.be/fzCQKq7ttTg. Details
- Forgotten Australians: life stories, Alliance for Forgotten Australians, 2011, http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/resources. Details
- Kenneally, Christine, 'The forgotten ones: half a million lost childhoods', in The Monthly, August 2012, http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2012/august/1354057131/christine-kenneally/forgotten-ones. Details
- Murray, Andrew, The Forgotten Australians: Identity, records and their search for the past, The New Critic, September 2008, http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/new-critic/eight/murray. Details
- National Museum of Australia and Ryebuck Media, Forgotten Australians: what can they tell us about society in the twentieth century? A depth study, National Museum of Australia, 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20180806005902/http://www.nma.gov.au/education/resources/units_of_work/forgotten_australians. Details
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- 'Orphans of the living', article by Nikki Barraclough
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- Document
- Date
- 2000
- Source
- Kindly provided by Lana Syed
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Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 6 March 2009, Last modified: 13 February 2018