WARNING: This website contains confronting and disturbing content, and names and images of deceased people. It may not be suitable for children under 15 years. Many of the historic images show an official, sanitised view which did not reflect reality. The faces of some adolescents have been blurred to protect privacy.
Personal stories T-Z
This website uses words, photos and objects from people who spent time growing up in Children's Homes, orphanages and other 'care' institutions.
These pages feature personal contributions to the National Museum of Australia's Inside exhibition. They tell only a small part of each person's story.
Heather Templeman
![Exhibition graphic panel of white handwritten text on a dark grey background reads 'It was our day to wash and polish the dining room floor ... Our knees were sore [from the washing] so we thought well, we’ll go and get some rags and put them on our feet and run up and down and polish the floor that way and have some fun. We got a hiding for it but we had fun', attributed to 'Heather Templeman, East Kew Home, Kew, Victoria, 1960s'.](http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/356231/templeman-quote-685w.jpg "Heather Templeman work quote")
Teresa
Mary Terszak
Sue Treweek
![Exhibition graphic panel of white handwritten text on a grey background reads 'This print used to hang above the magistrate’s desk at Wilson Youth Hospital. Us kids would stare [at] the picture and the magistrate would think we were being respectful and looking at him. But we were looking at the picture', attributed to 'Sue Treweek, 2010'. At right is a photo of a framed landscape painting showing a large central gum tree, a wooden fence at the right and part of a timber shed.](http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0009/356967/treweek_compile.jpg "Sue Treweek quote and bush landscape")
Rhonda Trivett
![Exhibition graphic panel of black text on a white background reading: 'I got adopted out ... My [adoptive] mum always said I had my little arms up and just wanted to be loved and cared for,' attributed to 'Rhonda Trivett, 2010'.](http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/356960/trivett_quote685.JPG "Rhonda Trivett adopted quote")
Diane Tronc
Kristina Tucker
Pamella Vernon
Christine Waite
Charlie Walker
Rhonda Wardman
Leigh Westin
Annie Whitsed
Joy Williams
