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Shame, Lies & Family - Finding your family

Shame, Lies & Family - Finding your family

FromSecrets We Keep


Shame, Lies & Family - Finding your family

FromSecrets We Keep

ratings:
Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Oct 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If you or your family have been affected by forced adoption, it can be daunting to start your journey to find information about your history. 
However support is available, and host Amelia Oberhardt speaks to two post adoption support services about how someone can navigate this journey. 
Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13
List of organisations that can help
Adopt Perspective Podcast 

Featured: 

Charlotte Smith - CEO of Vanish 
Jo-Ann Sparrow - President of Jigsaw Queensland 
Rachel Bell - Social Worker, Forced Adoption Support Service 
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Oct 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (21)

Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.   Shame Lies & Family: A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s   Nest of Traitors: Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War