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Lives of Uncommon Children: Reflections of Forgotten Australians.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780646525518
Title	Lives of Uncommon Children: Reflections of Forgotten Australians.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	South Brisbane, Qld. Micah Projects Inc., [2009]
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2009
Description	vi, 78 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + [DVD]
Contents	Contents: Gloria's story -- Bryan's story -- Colleen's story -- Lana's story -- Paul's story --Tina's story -- Colin's story -- Reggie's story -- Marlene's story -- Mimi's story.
Conditions of access	These items are not available for interlibrary lending. DVD accessible by Museum Staff only.
Summary	This book commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Forde Inquiry, which investigated the abuse of children in Queensland institutions. Former Queensland Governor Leneen Forde took information from more than 300 people and looked at the histories of more than 150 orphanages and detention centres. This book records the stories, the memories and observations of some of these children, written over several months of writing workshops at Lotus Place in Brisbane.
Local note	Research Library copy has been signed by all of those whose stories are told in this publication.
Local note	Also held: DVD comprising Digital Stories with oral history recordings by all of those whose stories are told in this publication.
Subjects	Children -- Institutional care -- Queensland
Subjects	Adult child abuse victims' writings
Call number	RARE 362.732 LIV
Call number	EM-C.163 (DVD)

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00951303	EM-C.163 (DVD)	Electronic Media Collection	Digital Stories	. *, Not for Loan .
A00889823	RARE 362.732 LIV	Rare Books Collection		. Not for Loan .