Territory Stories

Historical Child Abuse: institutions and the law

Details:

Title

Historical Child Abuse: institutions and the law,

Other title

Everning at the Archives: Heather Kerley, Historical Child Abuse: institutions and the law,

Creator

Kerley, Heather,

Collection

Presentations and Publications, LibraryNT, Evening at the Archives,

Date

2022-06-07,

Abstract

Drawing on her experiences representing survivors of institutional childhood abuse, Heather will explore the dark history of infamous Northern Territory institutions. She will shed light on the struggles for survivor recognition and the hurdles imposed by an imperfect legal system. Heather will also discuss historical cases and the importance of the archives in pursuing civil compensation claims.,

Notes

Tuesday 7 June 2022 at Northern Territory Archives Centre, Millner from 5:30pm to 6:30 pm,

Language

English,

Subject

Historical Child Abuse, Institutions, Law, Evening at the Archives,

Place of publication

Millner,

Series

Evening at the Archives,

Format

1 video file (mp4) : digital,

File type

video/mp4,

Use

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government and Heather Kerley,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/886073,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/886073

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/886074,