Lost Innocents Report
The Australian Senate Community Affairs Committee released its report relating to child migration schemes to Australia in the twentieth century, through which children from Britain and Malta were transported without their or their families' consent to Australian institutions.
Instigated by Australian Senator Andrew Murray, himself a former child migrant forcibly removed from Britain to Zimbabwe, in response to "a number of calls from different groups and individuals for an independent national inquiry into child migration to Australia" (section 1.12, Lost Innocents Report). In particular the International Association of Former CHild Migrants and their Families had advocated effectively for the inquiry (Section 1.12).
Salvation Army Apology
The Salvation Army’s World Leader issued a public apology “to men and women who were children in the care of The Salvation Army in years past” who “suffered abuse and deprivation” as children while in the care of The Salvation Army in Australia. The apology was instigated by Care Leaver Jim Luthy, who wrote to the Salvation Army headquarters in London and led a campaign with the Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN).
The Leaving of Liverpool
TV mini-series broadcast over three evenings on the ABC in Australia, and the BBC in the UK. It tells the story of children forced to migrate from the UK to Australia in the 1950s, and their experiences in institutions. It was a widely-viewed show that helped entrench the experiences of child migrants in the popular consciousness.
