2009-2010, English, Published edition: [Ephemera relating to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants].

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  • numerous pieces : col. ill. ; in 3 boxes and 1 banner case.
Published
  • 2009-2012.
Language
  • English

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Title
  • [Ephemera relating to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants].
Also Titled
  • Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants
Other Creators
  • Rudd, Kevin, 1957-
  • Macklin, Jenny.
  • Australia. Parliament. Senate. Community Affairs References Committee. Lost innocents : righting the record : report on child migration.
  • Australia. Parliament. Senate. Community Affairs References Committee. Forgotten Australians : a report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children.
  • Australia. Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published
  • 2009-2012.
Physical Description
  • numerous pieces : col. ill. ; in 3 boxes and 1 banner case.
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  • Former Child Migrants. Under the Empire Settlement Act of 1922 and 1937, the British government assisted private organisations to help people who wanted to settle in His Majesty's Overseas Dominions. Not specifically aimed at assisting child migrants, this legislation allowed non-government organisations to send child migrants to various parts of the British Empire. The scheme intensified after the war when child migrants were sent under the Children's Act 1948. Non-government organisations had direct charge of most of the children at the recruitment stage, during their passage or after their arrival in the receiving countries, they received encouragement and financial backing from the British government and governments in receiving countries. About 150,000 children with an average age of eight years and nine months emigrated from the United Kingdom the majority to Canada, until the scheme ended in 1967. A key motivation for child migration was to maintain the racial unity of the Empire and populate Canada, Rhodesia, New Zealand and Australia with "good white stock". The exact number of child migrants to Australia is not known but estimates suggest that from 1947 to 1967 between 7,000 and 10,000 children were sent to Australia. A feature of the scheme was the care of children in residential institutions rather than by foster care or adoption. Most were placed in the care of Barnado's, the Fairbridge Society, the Church of England and Christian Brothers. The House of Commons Health Committee (1998) concluded that "children were placed in large, often isolated institutions and were often subjected to harsh, sometimes intentionally brutal regimes of work and discipline, unmodified by any real nurturing or encouragement. The institutions were inadequately supervised, monitored and inspected". The Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee report Lost innocents : righting the record : report on child migration, provides further information.
  • Forgotten Australians is a term which relates to children who were in insitutional and out-of-home care mainly from the 1920's until the 1970's when deinstitutionalisation began to see large institutions replaced by smaller residential homes, foster care or other accommodation options. Some people also call themselves care-leavers, system leavers, homies or wardies. It is estimated that approximately 500,000 Australians may have experienced care outside the home. Children were placed in institutions for many social and economic reasons. Prior to placement in care, children were taken through a range of processes often being charged under relevant state legisation and then classified as wards of the state. Individuals with the power under state acts to take children before the courts included government welfare officials, the police or a child's parents or family members. Apart from being a state ward children were voluntarily relinquished to an institution by a parent or relative often for economic reasons. The Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee report Forgotten Australians : a report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, provides further information.
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  • Collection of material including an invitation from Kevin Rudd and Jenny Macklin to attend the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants, the Program of Proceeding for the ceremony on 16 November 2009, the Motion of Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants 16 November 2009, a leaflet containing National support and advocacy organisations from the Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, a leaflet titled Fostering creativity innovation and kinship by Wings for Survivors, stickers titled Forgotten Australians www.Wingsforsurvivors.com, a sprig of yellow wattle flower and a sprig of red bottle brush flower that was handed to the guests at the apology, a name badge with 16th November 2009 and a picture of 2 children on it used at the Ceremony by Former Child Migrants, a roll up black and white banner/​poster with a metal stand titled National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants Monday 16 November 2009 with a photograph of a group of children on it all in a zip up black and orange bag (official banner created by FaHCSIA for the Apology), letter from Jenny Macklin to the NLA accompanying material sent, postcard with a photo of a bronze sculpture of a boy in Emma Miller Place, Brisbane marking 10 years (1991-2009) since the release of the Forde Inquiry's Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions, Apology to those harmed in Queensland institutions during their childhood signed by Peter Beattie, Anna Bligh and church leaders, booklet titled Redress Scheme application guidelines published by the Department of Communities, Qld., CD titled 'Unfolding lives', program, and a flyer and tickets for The Fence presented by Urban Theatre Projects and Sydney Festival. Also contains commemorative pins, pens, flyers, invitations and other items produced to acknowledge anniversaries of the National Apology.
  • Selected images available in an electronic version via the Internet at http:/​/​nla.gov.au/​nla.aus-vn4804202.
  • Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project available through the Petherick Reading Room.
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