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Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 4707359
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Access Conditions Access conditions vary. 
Description 2009-2012 
211 interviews. 
Notes

Interviews conducted by Susan Marsden, Rob Willis, Karen George, Ann-Mari Jordens, Daniel Connell, Bill Bunbury, John Bannister, Caroline Evans, Karen Twigg, Virginia Macleod, Frances Rush, Hamish Sewell, Jeannine Baker, Sarah Rood, Gwenda Davey, Lesley Alves, Jill Barnard, Gordon Dowell, Mary Hutchison, Madonna Grehan, Anne Monsour, Jennifer Barrkman, Roslyn Burge, Carolyn Rasmussen, Christine Choo, Criena Fitzgerald, Susan Taffe, Marilyn Rock, Suellen Murray and Joanne Penglase.

Photographic portraits of interviewees and interviewers participating in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project. Included are portraits of: immigrant children who on arrival in Australian were placed in institutions, Australian children who were placed in institutions due to family circumstances, family members of these children, workers in the institutions, social workers, teachers, advocates for the children's welfare and politicians involved in the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants in 2009.

Recorded from October 27, 2009-30 November 2012.

Digital master available National Library of Australia

Index/Finding Aid Note Summaries may be available. 
Subjects National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants (16 Nov. 2009 : Canberra)  |  Apologies -- Australia.  |  Foster home care -- Australia.  |  Children -- Institutional care -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.  |  Children -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.  |  Orphanages -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.  |  Immigrant children, British -- Institutional care -- Australia.  |  Immigrant children, Maltese -- Institutional care -- Australia.  |  Guardian and ward -- Australia.  |  Abused children -- Australia.
Other authors/contributors Alves, Lesley, 1946-, Interviewer  |  Bannister, John (William John Egerton), 1967-, Interviewer  |  Barrkman, Jennifer, Interviewer  |  Barnard, Jill, Interviewer  |  Bunbury, Bill, 1940-, Interviewer  |  Burge, Roslyn (Roslyn Amy)  |  Choo, Christine, Interviewer  |  Connell, Daniel, 1947-, Interviewer  |  Davey, Gwenda, 1932-, Interviewer  |  Dowell, Gordon Charles, 1945-, Interviewer  |  Evans, Caroline, 1950-, Interviewer  |  Fitzgerald, Criena, Interviewer  |  George, Karen, 1962-, Interviewer  |  Grehan, Madonna, Interviewer  |  Hutchison, Mary, Interviewer  |  Jordens, Ann-Mari, 1940-, Interviewer  |  Macleod, Virginia 1948-, Interviewer  |  Marsden, Susan, 1952-, Interviewer  |  Monsour, Anne, Interviewer  |  Murray, Suellen, Interviewer  |  Penglase, Joanna, Interviewer  |  Rasmussen, Carolyn, Interviewer  |  Rock, Marilyn, 1948-, Interviewer  |  Rood, Sarah, 1976-, Interviewer  |  Rush, Frances, 1962-, Interviewer  |  Sewell, Hamish, 1964-, Interviewer  |  Taffe, Susan, 1945-, Interviewer  |  Twigg, Karen, Interviewer  |  Willis, Rob, 1944-, Interviewer

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