The  history of  the Australian Government through its Child Welfare Departments has been  one of family separation  through Government policy and practice. Those policies have encompassed  infant adoption, state wardship, Government policy of Assimilation of Indigenous people,  and British Child Migration Schemes.

In more recent years  policy has changed to
focus on  reunification and family preservation.

This Conference is the second of its kind to bring together,  and represent,  all families  who have been torn apart by past policies. Its aim  is to  focus on that which unites us all –  the mental health issues, both generational and immediate, created by a united trauma, loss and grief.

The Conference will involve the participation of mental health professionals, counsellors,  agencies, NGOs, consumer  representatives.

Speakers include

PROFESSOR IAN HAY 
DR TREVOR JORDAN
DR SUSAN GAIR. 
JUDITH FEENEY, NOLA PASSMORE AND CANDIDA PETERSON 
PROF ROS THORPE, DR JANE THOMSON AND JUDY WALLACE. 
DORIS KARTINYERI 
ELIZABETH EDWARDS 
KATHLEEN GOLLAGHER 
JOANNE BECK 
GAYLE RYAN 
KYM SCHELLEN 
AND MANY MORE