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The Myer Foundation was established in order to award grants in sectors not covered by Sidney Myer's will. The Myer Foundation was endowed in 1992, after Ken Myer died, leaving most of his estate to the foundation. [1] The fund and foundation have been supported by four generations of Myer family members.
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]
The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (also known as FaCSIA) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2006 and December 2007. The department which preceded the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was the Department of Family and Community Services (1998 ...
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is the regulatory authority for charities and not-for-profit organisations within Australia. The Commission was established in December 2012 as part of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 passed by the federal parliament, and is responsible for registering charities and non-profit organisations ...
The Children's Friend Society was founded in London in 1830 as "The Society for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy through the reformation and emigration of children." In 1832, the first group of children was sent to the Cape Colony in South Africa and the Swan River Colony in Australia, and in August 1833, 230 children were shipped to Toronto and New Brunswick in Canada.
Kelvin is a heritage-listed residence at 30 The Retreat, Bringelly, City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.It was built from 1820 to 1826 by Thomas Laycock
Real estate agent Taylor Bredin told 7News the family’s land could possibly fit 40 to 50, 3,200-square-foot homes. Each home would be worth $1 million Australian dollars, or almost $700,000.
Winners include Marianne Eastgate (1991), Rosemary and Eric Kopittke (2006), Paul Mackett (2009), and Shauna Hicks (2009). The Queensland Family History Society describes the award as the most prestigious award in the field of family history in Australasia. [9] AFFHO confers the Nick Vine Hall Award to promote family history journals and ...