Individual or Group Submission22/10/24

Damien Murray

Damien Murray, who was born on the lands of the Yorta Yorta, shares his journey as a person who was subject to adoption laws in the early 1970s. He details the hardships of being an Aboriginal child placed with a white family, the foster care system, but also some of the wins. Through telling his story, he wants to raise awareness about the plight of what happened to Aboriginal children who were subjected to adoption.

Topics: Child protection system, Health, Other topic

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