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Contact Us/Links/References
To obtain your Welfare Files contact:- Freedom of Information Unit. DOCS Locked Bag 28, Ashfield, NSW Phone (02) 9716 2662.
Please note welfare files can also be requested through ARC contact on freecall 1800 656 884. |
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Links
support and counselling services for careleavers.
for Australian children & young people in
care.
From 1920 to 1960 over 9,000 children were sent to Australia from the United Kingdom. CLAN support &
advocacy group for people brought up in 'care'.
Hay Gaol Museum an annex of Parramatta Girls Home
Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of
human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups.
for
Aboriginal people who were seperated from their families when children.
Origins - supporting people seperated by adoption.
Resources & References
Forgotten Australians Senate Community
Affairs Reference Committee 2004. The Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out
of home care as children. Senate printing Unit: Canberra. Queensland Government Redress Scheme see also: Forde, L. (chair) Report of the Commission of Inquiry into abuse of children in Queensland institutions Queensland Government Printer, Brisbane, 1999. Information for former residents of children’s institutions to access their records. Redress WA, for those who as children were abused while in State care in Western Australia. The State Government deeply regrets that abuse has taken place. Media Broadcasts 30 May 2003 ABC Stateline Reliving the Horror. 6 June 2003 More Victims of Parramatta Girls Home come forward. 27June 2003 ABC Stateline: The Reunion. 24October 2003 ABC Stateline. The Girls get together. 7 November 2003 ABC Stateline: The ‘Girls’ Re-unite. 6August 2004 ABC Message Stick: Marjorie Woodrow: 1 April 2007 ABC Sunday Arts, Parramatta Girls: 21 Oct 2007 Exposed to Moral Danger 28 Oct 2007 Creating a Space: Bessie Guthrie: 9 Dec 2007 The Hay Girls 2 SER jailbreak: 5 March 2007 Hay Girls Reunion:
Newspaper articles About
Hay Girls Reunion http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1862767.htm http://www.visithay.com.au/eventdetails.php?id=88 About
Parramatta Girls Play http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/home-truths/2007/03/17/1173722724026.html http://www.aussietheatre.net/oldernews.htm http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/parramatta-girls/2007/03/17/1173722724026.html http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/parramatta-girls/2007/03/23/1174597831915.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21429259-5001562,00.html http://www.parramattasun.com.au/2007/03/spirit_triumphs_in_healing_jou.php Additional Notes
State Government Archives: The Archives Act, 1960 (NSW) created an Authority to conserve State Government archives, and section 14 of the Act prohibited destruction of archives without the permission of that Authority. Before that, no such restrictions applied. NSW State
Welfare Note: from the time it was established
in 1923, the Department of Community Services has successively been named the Child Welfare Department, Department of Child
Welfare and Social Welfare (1956), the Department of Youth and Community Services (1973), the Department of Youth, Ethnic
and Community Affairs (1975), Department of Youth and Community Services (1976).
Parramatta Female Factory Precinct
Fleet St, North Parramatta NSW Australia
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