Care Leavers Activism

This exhibition highlights the history of the Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN) and its activism to secure redress for Care Leavers. Posters from silent protests are on display, alongside items from the Royal Commission rooms, donations from commissioners and politicians involved in this work. TV reports illustrate how CLAN played a pivotal role in achieving the Senate Inquiry into the Forgotten Australians and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The Australian Orphanage Museum in Geelong, Australia, is a unique museum dedicated to documenting and exhibiting authentic social histories about the experience of growing up in orphanages, children’s Homes, Missions and other institutions, including foster care, in Australia.