Frank Golding

Author, Researcher, Historian

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

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted 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 , , , , 1 Comment on History of institutions providing out-of-home residential care for children

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 […]

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10 Blunders in Child Welfare

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on Posted in Orphanage, Child Welfare, Social History, Adoption, State Wards, Children’s Homes, Foster Care, Children’s Institutions, Golding, Sinnett, Neglected, Child Abuse, Family,Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments on 10 Blunders in Child Welfare

 UPDATE The ten worst blunders in child welfare in  Australia  since 1788. COUNT DOWN TO NUMBER 1 It has been hard deciding which of all the many mistakes of the past – and those which continue to be made – warrants the title “the worst”. But here it is. BLUNDER # 1: Having inflicted significant damage on children […]

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