Cheryl Brealey - Interviewed on 18 November 2021

Cheryl Brealey shares her story of growing up as one of the Forgotten Australians and her experiences moving to Redcliffe and working in the community of Moreton Bay. 

'Forgotten Australians' is the name most commonly used to describe the group of people who, as children, were raised in orphanages, Children's Homes, institutions or other forms of out-of-home care in the 20th Century. In 2003, an Australian Senate inquiry revealed a history of neglect and cruelty, of abandonment and exploitation that left approximately 500,000 Australians, as well as many child migrants, physically and psychologically scarred. - familiesaustralia.org.au