Karen Case Study - Paul Case Study - Child Development Assessment Answer

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Personal story 1 - Karen
I am a part-Aboriginal woman, who was adopted out at birth. I was adopted by a white Australian family and came to live in New Zealand at the age of 6 months. I grew up not knowing about my natural Mother and Father. The only information my adoptive parents had about my birth, was the surname of my birth Mother. I guess I had quite a good relationship with my adoptive Mum, Dad and sisters. Though my adopted Mother said I kept to myself a lot, while I was growing up. As I got older, I noticed my skin colouring was different to that of my family. My Mother told me I was adopted from Australia and part Aboriginal. I felt quite lonely especially as I approached my
teens. I got teased often about being Aboriginal and became very withdrawn and mixed up, I really did not know where I belonged. As a result of this I started having psychiatric problems. I seem to cope and muddle along.

I eventually got married to a New Zealander, we have two boys, who are now teenagers. One of our boys is dark like myself, and was interested in his heritage. I was unable to tell him anything, as I didn't know about it myself. My husband, boys and myself had the opportunity to go to Melbourne about 7 years ago on a working holiday for 10 weeks. While in Melbourne I went to the Aboriginal Health Centre and spoke to a social worker, as I had a copy of my birth certificate with my birth Mother& name on it. The social worker recognized my Mother & surname and Graham and got in touch with my aunty, who gave me my Mother's phone number.
I got in touch with my birth Mother and made arrangements to meet her. I have a half brother and sister. My birth Mother and Father never married, though my Father knew my Mother was pregnant with me. My Mother did not know where my Father was, as they parted before I was born. My sister decided to call a local Melbourne paper and  put our story in the paper on how I had found them after 29 years.

My Father who was in Melbourne at the time, saw the article and a photo of my Mother and myself in the paper. He recognized my Mother and got in touch with her. My Mother and I had been corresponding, after we returned to New Zealand. For her own reasons, she would not give my Father my address, so my Father went through the social service agency and got in touch with me two and a half years ago. I have met my birth Father, as I had a family wedding in Melbourne shortly after he made contact with me, so I made arrangements to meet him. We kept in contact with one another, but I feel we will never be able to make up for lost time, as my birth parents live
in Australia and myself in New Zealand.

I still feel confused about where I belong, it has been very emotional and the result of this caused me to have a complete nervous breakdown. I am on medication daily and am having to see a counsellor to help me come to terms and accept the situation, where I am at right now and to sort out some confused feelings. My adoptive family really don & want to know too much about my birth family, which also makes it hard. I feel that I should be entitled to some financial compensation for travel purposes, to enable us to do this. Karen’s story appears on page 244 of Bringing them home.

Personal story 2 - Paul
For 18 years the State of Victoria referred to me as State Ward No 54321. I was born in May 1964. My Mother and I lived together within an inner suburb of Melbourne. At the age of five and a half months, both my Mother and I became ill. My Mother took me to the Royal Children's Hospital, where I was admitted.

Upon my recovery, the Social Welfare Department of the Royal Children and Hospital persuaded my Mother to board me into St Gabriel & Babies & Home in Balwyn ... just until Mum regained her health. If only Mum could ve known the secret, deceitful agenda of the State welfare system that was about to be put into motion – 18 years of forced separation between a loving mother and her son. Early in 1965, I was made a ward of the State. The reason given by the State was that, & ;Mother is unable to provide adequate care for her son & . In February 1967, the County Court of Victoria dispensed with my Mother's consent to adoption. This decision, made
under section 67(d) of the Child Welfare Act 1958, was purportedly based on an & nability to locate mother'. Only paltry attempts had been made to locate her. For example, no attempt was made to find her address through the Aboriginal Welfare Board.

I was immediately transferred to Blackburn South Cottages to be assessed for & suitable adoptive placement'. When my Mother came for one of her visits, she found an empty cot. With the stroke of a pen, my Mother's Heart and Spirit had been shattered. Later, she was to describe this to me as one of the & darkest days of her life &  Repeated requests about my whereabouts were rejected. All her cries for help fell on deaf ears by a Government who had stolen her son, and who had decided & they&  knew what was best for this so-called part-Aboriginal boy.

In October 1967 I was placed with a family for adoption. This placement was a dismal failure, lasting only 7 months.

Based on the above stories, readings and the knowledge you have acquired in your studies, answer the following questions:

Question 1 What are the similarities of each person’s experience? (Please include at least 3 similarities in your answer)

Question 2 What are the differences of each person’s experience? (Please include at least 3 differences in your answer)

Question 3 Based upon these stories and your readings for this unit, what are the long-term effects of removal upon Indigenous Australians and their families?

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