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The term Forgotten Australians is controversial. It sometimes refers to all Australian children, including Indigenous children and former child migrants to Australia who spent part or all of their childhoods in care during the 20th Century, [1] [14] particularly between 1920 and 1970. [15]
Legacy Australia, Wagga Wagga Branch. Legacy is an Australian non-profit organisation established in 1923 by ex-servicemen. [1] Legacy provides support to the families of Australian Defence Force men and women who have lost their life or health in conflicts such as World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since the turn of the century, with the number of Second World War veterans in the RSL dwindling, Vietnam veterans and their contemporaries, along with ex-servicemen's wives, have become mainstays of the League. [2] The focus of the RSL has been on the welfare of Australian men and women who have served in the armed forces.
The site was the central point of child welfare in NSW, being the first place most children saw after they were taken from their families and the transit point for their referral to other institutions or programs. As a result, this was the place many members of the Forgotten Australians and Stolen Generations entered "care". [1] [2]
A portrayal entitled The Taking of the Children on the 1999 Great Australian Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, by artist Chris Cooke. The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under ...
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They appreciate family-inclusive activities, and their day-to-day communications are all technology-based. They can get their war story fix on Facebook, through group chats and via their cellphones.
Pages in category "Australian veterans' organisations" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.