The
Tuart Times
ISSUE 14: AUGUST 2017 ISSN: 2204-7646
Tuart Place to Host State Workshop for National Records Project ‘The power of records to simultaneously hurt and heal is just one of the complexities that we need to confront...’ Dr Joanne Evans, Recordkeeping Researcher, Monash University Tuart Place, in support of the ‘Setting the Record Straight for the Rights of the Child’ Initiative, will host a follow up workshop to the highly successful National Summit held in Melbourne in May this year. Initiative Convenor, Dr Joanne Evans from Monash University, is planning visits to each state in the second half of 2017 to discuss the Summit and its outcomes, to further the development of a shared strategic vision and action plan. These state-based workshops will include hands-on sessions focussing on areas of particular interest and local relevance, and exploring what can be done, and by whom. WA Minister, the Hon. Simone McGurk MLA, will give the keynote address at the WA workshop, to be hosted by Tuart Place at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle on Monday 4th September 2017. The workshop will be launched by Commissioner Andrew Murray, and will bring together care leavers, advocates, decision-makers, and experts in the archiving and record-keeping sector. As many West Australians know, finding records At the National Summit in Melbourne L-R: Anglicare Royal Commission of a childhood spent in out-of-home care can be difficult Support Service Coordinator Gail Green; Tuart Place Director Philippa and demoralising. Similar problems are experienced by White; Records and Research Manager at Find & Connect WA Juliet care leavers across Australia. Ludbrook; FACT Vice-Chair Cevrina Reed; with Vlad Selakovic, National This national project is looking for ways to President of Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN). improve access to historic Child Welfare records and also create better systems for children in care today. .....Continued in our feature on pages 10-11
Child Migrants’ 70th Anniversary Reunion
At the 70th Anniversary luncheon: Mary Cooper (left) and Rosie Kruger, both 1947 child migrants and members of the organising committee for the event Photo: Jamie O’Brien, The Record
It was a time for reminiscing and catching up with old friends at a delightful reunion organised by Maureen Colgan to recognise the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Australia of the largest number of post-War child migrants from the UK. Three groups of Catholic child migrants arrived at Fremantle Wharf in 1947 – two aboard the MV Asturias, and one on the MV Ormonde. The girls were sent to St Joseph’s Orphanage in Wembley or Nazareth House Geraldton, while the boys went to either Castledare, Clontarf, Bindoon or Tardun. More than 180 people (including 100 former child migrants) attended the 70th Anniversary event, a luncheon held in the Boundary Room at the WA Cricket Ground on 27th May 2017. Continued on page 8