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Parragirls Parragirls - an initiative of the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Association, provides a contact register and support network for the Forgotten Australians of the Parramatta Girls Home. We welcome inquiries from former Parramatta Girls and their families. Please email us here. Looking for your welfare record? General institutional records see State Records Archives in Brief Child Protection Individuals looking for ward files/welfare records can contact the nearest Department of Families & Community Services (FaCS) Centre or phone (02) 9716 2662. Need Help? Wattle Place the NSW Support Services for Forgotten Australians provides: Counselling and support for survivors 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 freecall 1800 663 844 or 02 8837 7000 Fax 02 9633 5395 Email: wattleplace@ransw.org.au 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. The Salvation Army Family Tracing Services are dedicated to locating missing relatives and reuniting families. Link up for Aboriginal families and communities in NSW affected by separation. Services provided for: Reunions,Corrective Support Services;Assistance for Aboriginal Foster Carers and children and young person in out of home care;Support for possible kinship options when a child or young person has been removed from their birth parents;Family trees for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young persons in out of home care. Counselling and Support (02) 8840 1006: Email: linkup@nsw.link-up.org.au Link-Up NSW Reunification Service Freecall: 1800 624 332 Tel: (02) 4759 1911 Origins NSW Inc - information and resources for people separated by adoption. Find & Connect website is a gateway to connect Forgotten Australians,Former Child Migrants and their families, to information and resources that help make sense of the past, and to see where their story its into the broader historical context. |
