Community Education Report and Priorities: to be seen

Media release

14/11/2025

When it comes to education, what do Forgotten Australians want you to know?


In this report, you’ll read the words of 195 adults who grew up in Australia’s homes,
orphanages and foster homes.

Many of them were physically and sexually abused, neglected and abandoned.

What they want most is to be understood; to be treated with dignity and respect; and

to be seen.