Frank Golding

Author, Researcher, Historian

Month: September 2016

Ideas for Collaborative Research

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted in Care Leaver Records, Orphanage, Child Welfare, Social History, Adoption, State Wards, Children’s Homes, Foster Care, Children’s Institutions, Golding, Sinnett, Neglected, Child Abuse, Family,, Participation, UncategorizedTagged ,

This is the text of a short presentation I gave at a gathering at Monash University on 14 September 2016. The occasion was the 10th Anniversary of COSI (the Centre for Organisational & Social Informatics – a flash name for a dynamic group of research academics who work in partnership with community groups on issues around records, […]

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Svetlana Alexeviech didn’t make it to the Royal Commission

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted in Sexual Abuse, UncategorizedTagged , 2 Comments on Svetlana Alexeviech didn’t make it to the Royal Commission

A brilliant essay given by Maria Tumarkin at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday 7 September 2016. A short version was published in The Conversation on Friday 9 September – reprinted here with permission. Among other things, Maria asked: “Have we outsourced the witnessing of child sexual abuse in Australia to the Royal Commission?” Some say yes.  Others, […]

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