Report 66 - ‘Broken Bonds - Fractured Lives’

Australia’s first adoptee led inquiry into adoption practices

  • The West Australian newspaper letter to the editor article titled 'Separated at birth, and pain in the children', discussing a family separation case involving a woman and her children, with references to government and legal details. Forced adoption

    The Turning Point

    After a chance encounter with an employee on the grounds of Ngala one of WA’s most prolific former forced adoption institutions, Jen McRae embarks on a quest to secure a state inquiry into the failed social policy.

    Institutional Dissonance
  • Jennifer McRae and Danae WitherowTwo women sitting at a wooden table with papers and documents, one wearing a green patterned blouse and the other in a black sweater, in a room with beige walls and chairs. The Premier Hotel Albany

    Building a Community

    Finding other adopted people and building a community is one of the most important goals of our movement for justice. We are stronger together.

    The Southerly Edition 55, 2023
  • A black and white photo of a young girl with short hair and a serious expression, accompanied by text that reads: 'My whole identity was taken from me': Calls for WA inquiry into forced adoptions. Forced Adoption Western Australia

    Truthtelling

    More than 150 submissions were recieved by the parlimentary committee acorss 18 months of their investigations into the illegal practices of the states adoption system. CONTENT WARNING; please be aware that the truth telling of survivors may be deeply upsetting and unsettling for readers.

    Testimonies from the inquiry