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...
by Lucy Whitfield | Jul 9, 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 9, 2025 | Personal Stories, Resources
First came a friend request on Facebook. Just another ‘I don’t even know you’ moment like so many others so I just ignored it. About a week later the postie was knocking on my door with a registered letter. My mind started racing, was this good news...
