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Forgotten Australians
Who are the Forgotten Australians We are the Neglected and Abused from the various children s Institutions throughout the country.To heal we must know who we are, know our identity, have a firm foot on the ground, know our roots and know where we stand in life. It’s a hard thing to describe with the stories of past abused children In care and out of care by Government and churches and carers How do we define these groups? If you had to describe it, to describe the abuse people received, you would have to research it. You would have to look at it with a open mind and a strong heart Not self centered, You would have to look at all the groups, You would have to consider all You would have to describe how the Senate has put people in categories. I’ll describe it in my words first.

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It’s a horrible thing being in this circle because I have heritage to protect, the truth. I am with a group hat has a culture; The Governments created this culture through the abusive and neglectful standard of care they provided to all of us, I have my own opinions and beliefs on religion.I also want to understand just who we are, It is important,I looked at a few Senate books looking for the answers What I found will make people understand more on this subject, Not all will agree with me It is a very confusing matter but I have notes and books and links to back up what I am trying to explain. I am an Abused State System Leaver (Institutionalised Person)- A Forgotten Australian. I think what I put forward will explain. From 1997 The first group I will be mentioning is the Stolen Generation Report. It describes many things that happened to the Indigenous including Segregation, Neglect, abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and slavery in State system care and things the Senate said all Governments should adhere to. In advice given by them It was termed the Stolen Generation (The Bringing them home report). It also contains information on institutional system care. The neglect, sexual, mental, Psychological, emotional abuse and torture within the departments and churches, This group received a Federal Apology and was termed The Stolen Generation report. It crammed them into one heading. After this report was completed another report was done into the Child Migrants, It was Completed in 2001. It was mainly about children from England.This group of people were taken, Stolen from their own country, considered 'good white stock'. They too received the same as the Stolen Generation, Neglect, Abuse etc, and slavery in system care. This group received no Federal Apology.

The next group is a report about the Non Indigenous, The Forgotten Australians. My group defined by Senate in 2004. We too received whilst in institutional system care the same as the Child Migrants and the Stolen Generation Neglect, Abuse etc, and slavery in system care, this was meted out by church run organisations and was allowed to happen under the noses of various governments for many years, we too also await our Federal apology. This is how the groups was described by the then Senator Murray on radio. We have three groups Defined by Senate all who fit into the SYSTEM LEAVER (Institutionalised Person) heading Others not really mentioned correctly or at all are the Care leavers and the Asylum Seeker Detainee Children. The Care leaver never received neglect, abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, torture. Somehow the Senate called us all this name, I am a SYSTEM LEAVER(Institutionalised Person)not a Care Leaver and so are the three groups defined above. We are Not Care leavers we are the abused, sexual abused, mental abused, tortured, Forgotten about, Misrepresented, Waiting for outcome. The other group here also The Asylum Seeker Detainee Children. These people have had no reports from the Senate to my knowledge. Very well Forgotten.

2009 Federal Senate is having another inquiry into, the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports The first Report was the Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children

30 August 2004 Great Web sites for the groups are: Forgotten Australians.com.au Supported by Forgotten Australians of South Australia Inc. Alliance for Forgotten Australians (AFA) Wings for Survivors

On the 25 Of June 2009 the Federal Government Senate will finish the last report, Many groups from around Australia will attend SCONEY