We’re here for you …
- If you were placed in Australian orphanages, children’s homes, similar institutions, or foster homes, before 1990
- If you were placed in NSW foster homes or other out-of-home State care after 1990 and are 26 or over
- If you are affected by past forced adoptions
- If you experienced child sexual abuse in schools, clubs, etc and may be eligible for the National Redress Scheme
Notice for Forgotten Australians
Reunion - St John's and St Joseph's, GoulburnThe impacts of those experiences can remain with you throughout life, but we work with you to develop skills and strategies to help ease the burden of those impacts.
Wattle Place offers:
| • Free counselling | • Record searching and family tracing |
| • Social connection | • Practical support |
- Free counselling
- Record searching and family tracing
- Social connection
- Practical support
How can we help you?
Assistance is available to you in person, over the phone, online, or working together with other services. We assist eligible people living anywhere in New South Wales and may also be able to assist people living elsewhere in Australia.
Our services are provided free of charge and do not require a referral.
Wattle Place offers five specialist services, each offering tailored support to people impacted by the experiences listed above.
If you want more information about how we help, or are not sure if you are eligible, please click on the options below or give us a call.
For people who were placed in NSW orphanages, children’s homes or similar institutions, or foster homes and are over 25
For people who are considering or already applying to the National Redress Scheme
For people who were placed in Australian orphanages, children’s homes or similar institutions before 1990
For Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations & Former Child Migrants and others seeking aged care support
Read the Wattle Place booklet
If you’d like to know more, we’ve produced a booklet you may like. It’s called ‘Wattle Place: The Secret Everyone should know about’, and was co-written with Forgotten Australians.
Read online