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Report of Investigation Queensland Government
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This document was compulsory reporting under the Infant Life Protection Act it was used to report to the Government the birth of an illegitimate baby...
Continue readingSpeech given at NSW Parliament
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This is the speech Phil gave at NSW Parliament
Continue readingSubmissions received by the Committee - Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies
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Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices - link to submissions from Senate inquiry
Continue readingSunraysia Adoption Support Group
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Announcing the foundation of a support group for all those affected by adoption in the Mildura area.
Continue readingTasmania's shocking secret
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Links in the past and the baby farms with the anecdotal evidence of baby trading in the late 1940's through top late 1960's in Tasmania
Continue readingThe White Stolen Generation And Its Meaning For Women’s Citizenship In Australia
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An Honour Thesis that discusses the meaning of citizenship, its historical development and what rights are presumed when one is an Australian citizen...
Continue readingThey find it a hard, hard task, playing God.
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Babies that were matched by machine disputing the “specially chosen spiel of adopters”
Continue readingRequest for details
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Images from Bethesda Mothers Home 1954, baby on the right side of these images is baby Nanette Wilma (so named Wilma after the babies father William...
Continue readingStolen Babies - Broken Hearts: Forced Adoption in Australia 1881-1987
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Doctoral thesis contextualising the phenomena of Forced Adoption historically and including a longitudinal research study contrasting the lived...
Continue readingSubmissions received by the Committee - Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies
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Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices - link to submissions from Senate inquiry
Continue readingSunraysia Adoption Support Group
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A Sunraysia Adoption support group representative has been asked to present a paper at the 1994 National Adoption Conference.
Continue readingThe Broken Bond: Stolen Babies Stolen Motherhood Viewed Through a Trauma Perspective
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An overview of the mental health damage caused through the violence of separation of mother and baby at the birth. The ongoing trauma of being...
Continue readingThe thin end of the wedge: Are past draconian adoptive practices re-emerging in the 21st century?
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Public submission to the National Human Rights Consultation originally published on-line by the Human Rights Commission and referred to by Dr. Daryl...
Continue readingWanted a Family
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Babies deferred for issues such as race, disability etc
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