The Senate Community Affairs References Committee Forgotten Australians A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children August 2004 Commonwealth of Australia 2004 ISBN 0 642 71239 5 Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat Mr Elton Humphery (Secretary) Ms Christine McDonald (Principal Research Officer) Ms Geraldine Badham (Principal Research Officer) Mr Peter Short (Senior Research Officer) Ms Leonie Peake (Research Officer) Ms Ingrid Zappe (Executive Assistant) The Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Phone: 02 6277 3515 Fax: 02 6277 5829 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca The collage used on the inside cover includes photos of Balmain Industrial School – Balmain; Church of England Boys Home – Walkerville; Dalmar Children's Home – Carlingford; Dalwood – Seaforth; Magill Boys Home - Magill; Marsden Home for Boys – Kallangur; Mater Dei Orphanage – Narellan and Yarra Bay House – La Perouse. These photos have come from individual submissions and CLAN. The CLAN website at www.clan.org.au also contains an extensive photographic gallery of orphanages and children's homes. This document was produced by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. Any nation that does not care for and protect all of its children does not deserve to be called a nation Nelson Mandela v MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE Members Senator Jan McLucas, Chair (from 29.3.04) ALP, Queensland