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The Victorian Government has established a historical forced adoption redress scheme to acknowledge the impact of forced adoption practices. The scheme provides financial support to the many...

Click here to read our submission in response to the Inquiry into the Issue of Historical Forced Adoptions in Victoria.

This fact sheet is for Aboriginal mothers who have been impacted by forced adoptions in Victoria before 1985. It will help you to understand and apply for the Forced Adoptions Exceptional...

Click here to read our submission in response to the National Redress Scheme’s Direct Personal Response (DPR) Consultation Paper.

12 February 2021 Each year on 13 February we commemorate the day the Australian Government said sorry in Parliament, acknowledging the pain and suffering caused by Governments to Aboriginal and...

13 February commemorates 14th Anniversary of the day the Australian Government said sorry to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in parliament, acknowledging the pain and suffering caused by...

It is time to own the past. While the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s role is to look into both past and ongoing injustices experienced by Traditional Owners and First Peoples in Victoria in all...

13 FEB 2025 VACCA and Link-Up Victoria, in partnership with Connecting Home and Darebin City Council, today hosted an event commemorating the Anniversary of the National Apology to Stolen...

Date: 12 February 2020 VACCA supports call for overdue Reparations Scheme for Victorian Stolen Generations survivors on 12th Anniversary of the National Apology   As we reach the 12th...

VACCA, Link-Up Victoria, Connecting Home and City of Darebin invite you to join us for an online event to commemorate the 14th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.  Be...

VACCA, Link-Up Victoria, Connecting Home and City of Darebin invite you to join us for an online event to commemorate the 13th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen...

13 February marks the 15th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations. 15 years ago, the Australian Government acknowledged and apologised for the pain and and lifelong trauma...

Leadership through Crisis – Celebrating Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Times  The Mollie Dyer Awards have returned for 2021, named in honour of our...

18 March 2020 The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency welcomes the establishment of a Reparations Scheme for Stolen Generations Survivors in Victoria as announced by the Victorian State Government...

VACCA welcomes the announcement of the launch of the Victorian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme today. In May this year it will be 25 years since the Bringing Them Home Report – which...

26 MAY 2024  National Sorry Day is a day created for the Stolen Generations. It is a day for them and their families to take time to reflect on their journey and for many, to mourn a loss that...

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has the opportunity to hold successive Victorian Governments and private child welfare providers accountable for their failures to protect and support Aboriginal...

On Friday 24 May Chief Commissioner of Police Shane Patton will provide an acknowledgement and apology to the Stolen Generations for the role of Victoria Police in the removal of Aboriginal children...

Republished from The Conversation on 22 October 2019  'My mob is telling their story and it makes me feel good': here's what Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse told us they...