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  1. Incompatible memories?

      This week I’ve been working on a paper for a workshop on War and Memory. I read back through my writing on memorials I visited …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2017/02/10/incompatible-memories

  2. Historical Childhoods and Histories of Emotion

    Earlier this week, Mary (Tomsic) and I attended the Australasian Society for the History of Children and Youth Conference, called ‘(Re)Examining Historical Childhoods’ at the Australian …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/12/14/historical-childhoods-and-histories-of-emotion

  3. Supporting Refugee Education

    Conflict has been an overarching burden in the lives of many refugee children now living in Australia. There are a number of additional barriers, as a …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/11/02/supporting-refugee-education

  4. Creating New Knowledge

    The topic of refugees is one of the most significant discussions shaping the world today; we hear about the plight of refugees on the news almost …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/10/23/creating-new-knowledge

  5. Australian picture books: Humanising and thoughtful depictions of displaced children

    My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood was selected for the ‘Read for Australia’ event on Friday 2 September 2016 where school students around …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/09/14/australianpicturebooks

  6. Photographs, favours and mango leaves.

    Each time I set out to collect an oral history I prepare for an adventure, not only because of the narrative that awaits my attention but …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/09/01/photographs-favours-and-mango-leaves

  7. I didn’t see the footprints: memorials for children in Bosnia and Hercegovina

    “The footprints! They’re all over the fountain. They make my heart break.” “I didn’t see them”. I was in Sarajevo, Bosnia, to attend a summer school …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/09/01/i-didnt-see-the-footprints-memorials-for-children-in-bosnia-and-hercegovina

  8. ‘Never had a chance’ – child refugees and health in postwar Australia

    Standards of care that exist for child refugees within a receiving country are integral to their successful settlement. And yet, specific questions regarding health and wellbeing have …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/09/01/never-had-a-chance-child-refugees-and-health-in-postwar-australia

  9. ‘special attention’ on refugee children

    In 1994 the UNHCR released a document entitled Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care. This document – which updated a 1988 document, and incorporated ideas …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees/2016/09/01/special-attention-on-refugee-children