The Melbourne Newsroom

For many people who grew up in 'care', the search for records and information – so vital to identity and to the process of reconnecting with family – can be frustrating, complicated, time-consuming, expensive and traumatic. A new website launched recently, will now make this search easier for Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.

The University of Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University will develop a new website to help Forgotten Australians, former child migrants and members of the Stolen Generations find their records and reconnect with their pasts.

Most childhood memories are captured through family photos and retold through stories around the dinner table, but for thousands of young Australians who experienced institutionalised ‘care’, this part of their history has remained a mystery– until now.