by Michelle Blanchard | Aug 5, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Fathers erased Fathers separated from children by adoption are often decentred or even completely erased. The focus of adoption narratives tends to be on the mother/child relationship and excludes the father. Just one...
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 16, 2025 | Personal Stories
This story was created as part of the VANISH Storytelling Workshops for Adult Adoptees, a new initiative supported by Relationships Victoria and the Australian Government’s Forced Adoption Support Services Small Grants Program. Facilitated by adoptee, theatre...
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 16, 2025 | Personal Stories
Dr Alison Ingram’s doctoral research, Countering the Silence of Adoption Trauma: Towards an Ethical and Authentic Post-Verbatim Theatre Model (2024), explores the history of adoption in Australia and the lifelong impacts of closed-records adoption legislation....
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 16, 2025 | Personal Stories
This story was created as part of the VANISH Storytelling Workshops for Adult Adoptees, a new initiative supported by Relationships Victoria and the Australian Government’s Forced Adoption Support Services Small Grants Program. Facilitated by adoptee, theatre...
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 10, 2025 | Personal Stories, Resources
This story was created as part of the VANISH Storytelling Workshops for Adult Adoptees, a new initiative supported by Relationships Victoria and the Australian Government’s Forced Adoption Support Services Small Grants Program. Facilitated by adoptee, theatre...
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 10, 2025 | Personal Stories, Resources
This story was created as part of the VANISH Storytelling Workshops for Adult Adoptees, a new initiative supported by Relationships Victoria and the Australian Government’s Forced Adoption Support Services Small Grants Program. Facilitated by adoptee, theatre...
