You Can't Forget Things Like That
The National Library of Australia conducted hundreds of oral history interviews with former Child Migrants and people who had grown up in institutions and foster care, following recommendations in the “Lost Innocents” (2001) and “Forgotten Australians” (2004) reports. The “You Can’t Forget Things Like That” booklet consolidates many of these oral histories, including background information and instructions on how to access them.
Telling Our Story
The “Telling Our Story” report compiles dozens of the stories told by Aboriginal Western Australians to the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA). At this time, ALSWA was advocating for a national Royal Commission into Aboriginal child removal from families. It was the first time that stories of WA Aboriginal individuals and families that would come to be known as Stolen Generations. The initiative was led by the CEO of ALSWA, Rob Riley, a former inmate at Sister Kate’s Home. Reference "Bringing Them Home the ALSWA Way"
Who Am I?
A Victorian-based research project that focussed on recordkeeping and archiving practices for people who experienced out-of-home care as children. It developed the web resource known as Pathways, which was later expanded to have a national scope and became the Find & Connect web resource.
