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For Bio info click on - About - tab and 'A bit about me' Dr. Christine A. Cole Convenor Apology Alliance Australia

The link between Parragirls and Mothers’ of the Stolen Baby Era

There are a number of  points of convergence between the experience of Mothers of the Stolen Babies Era and Parramatta Girls.  It was the practice to take a pregnant young woman from Parra Girls to the Women’s Hospital at Crown … Continue reading →

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Survivors of forced adoption welcome new birth certificate law, but criticise ‘secrecy’ over key reforms

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Interview with Mr Pat Rogan, MP (ret), who spearheaded the campaign along with Dr. Christine Cole and the mothers she represented, many who had worked hard over decades, to gain an Inquiry into Past Practices in Adoption. Mr Rogan referred to this as the Stolen Babies Scandal

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Interview with Dr. Geoff Rickarby- exposing the kidnapping and trafficking of Australian unwed mothers’ newborns under the guise of adoption

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Black and White Babies Stolen under Same Legislation and Policy

Full blooded Aboriginals were expected to ‘die out’ and therefore were not targeted for assimilation policies (Manne: 1999, cited in SMH: 1999, 4s, Spectrum, Feb 27,  p. 27).  Manne also states from the time the Commonwealth took over management of … Continue reading →

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The Dynamics of Torture by Government Representatives

Excerpt: Human Rights Abuses in relation to Commonwealth Policy of Forced Removals October 2011 Dr. Christine A Cole (Phd) Punishment In 1960 Dr. Wessel[1] warned adoption workers that not allowing women access to their infants was punitive and cruel and … Continue reading →

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Just slipping through the cracks

Slipping through the cracks. I never saw. Held prisoner in a place that resembled a war. It started with the tearing of my flesh. Ground down. Until I could barely Utter a sound. Freak. She cried, the woman in the … Continue reading →

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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alarm-bells-the-foster-child-who-s-won-a-settlement-from-the-state-20221018-p5bqps.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/alarm-bells-the-foster-child-who-s-won-a-settlement-from-the-state-20221018-p5bqps.html

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Holt Intercountry Adoption Agency pays out millions

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