Parramatta Girls Home Individuals looking for ward files/welfare records for the Girls Industrial & Training School - Parramatta Girls Home can contact your nearest
There is no charge involved in getting your state ward/welfare file. Restrictions Child Welfare Records are closed to the however under the Freedom of Information legislation anyone who has a child welfare/ward file is entitled to a copy of their file.In the case of deceased persons access to information is also available to family members who can demonstrate their relationship to the person. Additional resourcesConnecting Kin aims to help people who have been seperated from their birth families (through adoption, fostering etc) to locate records about their separation and their families. You can consult the guide in your local library.  |
Forgotten AustraliansIn the last century upwards and possibly more than 500,000 Australians experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children. In 2004 Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care identified them as the Forgotten Australians. Children were placed in care for a myriad of reasons including being orphaned; family dislocation from domestic violence, divorce or separation; family poverty and parents' inability to cope with their children often as a result of some form of crisis or hardship. Many children were made wards of the state after being charged with being uncontrollable, neglected or in moral danger, not because they had done anything wrong, but because circumstances in which they found themselves resulted in them being status offenders. Other were placed in care through private arrangements usually involving payment to the Home. Irrespective of how children were placed in care, it was not their fault. Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Oral History Project The National Library is conducting an oral history project to record the lives and experiences of the Forgotten Australians...more Support Services 'Wattle House' NSW Support Services for Forgotten Australians provides: Counselling and support for suvivors and their families * Financial assistance with educational opportunities, including literacy and numeracy programs * Help with record searches and associated costs * Support and financial assistance with family reunions * Opportunities for being involved with support groups and other community resources that may be of assistance * Support for visiting childhood homes and institutions. Contact the Support Service on 1800663844 or 9806 3216. Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) is a support and advocacy group for people brought up in care away from their family as state wards or Home children raised in Children's Homes, orphanages or other institutions, or in foster care. CLAN is also for anyone who has a close family member who was placed in "care". CREATE connect and empowers children and young people in care and improves the care system through activities, programs, training and policy advice. Family Tracing Services (a state government service, auspiced through the Salvation Army. Ph 9211 0277 Link up Aboriginal Corporation NSW Origins NSW Inc - information and resources for people separated by adoption. |
