26 October 2014 – Frank Golding

History of institutions providing out-of-home residential care for children

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on 26 October 201430 October 2014Posted in Orphanage, Child Welfare, Social History, Adoption, State Wards, Children’s Homes, Foster Care, Children’s Institutions, Golding, Sinnett, Neglected, Child Abuse, Family,, Sexual Abuse, UncategorizedTagged boarding out, deserving and undeserving poor, Indigenous children, residential care, Royal Commission Child Sexual Abuse1 Comment

This is the 2nd of Prof Shurlee Swain’s three research papers for the Royal Commission It can be downloaded here This will prove to be the most fascinating of the Swain papers for those who are new to this area. It explains the many different types of institutions offering out-of-home ‘care’ for children in Australia from […]