Submissions Library

Uncle Dennis Fisher is a proud Waka Waka man who moved to Victoria 30 years ago.

This submission details Dennis’ work at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens and 3KND, his poetry, childhood and early life, and role in the Aged Pension test case.

This submission questions why the Kureinji Nation are not recognised in Victoria as part of the collective Nations. It calls for change in the way cross-border issues are dealt with.

Christina Secombe is a Wotjobaluk woman.

This submission outlines traumatic experiences Christina faced growing up and the impact it had on her later life.

This submission is written by a person working in an Aboriginal identified role in a government organisation. It outlines the systematic discrimination and racism faced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Anita Mobourne is a Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, and Gunditjmara and Wotjobaluk woman.

This submission is a transcript of Anita talking about her family’s experiences, her working life and the importance of connection, culture and identity.

Theresa Morgan is a  full-blooded member of her race and the second to claim to write an enduring record of our customs, culture, beliefs and imagination-ing.

The Find & Connect web resource is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services to document the history of child welfare in Australia. The resource assists people who grew up in out-of-home care, including Forgotten Australians, Former Child Migrants and members of the Stolen Generations, to discover and access information and records about their time in care. It is managed by the Find & Connect web resource team, based at the University of Melbourne.

This submission makes recommendations to address the ongoing inequality between Victorian First Peoples and other Australians trying to discover their history in care, their families, and their experience of records access.

This submission is from a a Barkindji/ Yorta Yorta/ Wiradjuri/ Mutti Mutti woman.

It details her experience in the foster care system, which led to trauma, drugs and alcohol, and their subsequent positive experince and sobriety through Bunjilwarra.

Wilfred Carter was born at Lake Tyers. This submission describes his search for identity, being seperated from family, and the need for community to come together.

Dyan Summers is a Bunurong woman. This submission describes the impact of having her identity questioned.