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"That was then... but this is now" : Historical Perspectives on Intercountry Adoption and Domestic Child Adoption in Australia

Date

Authors

Cuthbert, Denise

Spark, Ceridwen

Murphy, Kate

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

This paper brings historical perspectives to bear on the ambivalent and contradictory position of adoption in Australian public policy. It examines the divergent histories of Australian domestic and intercountry adoption (ICA) since the mid-1970s and the

Keywords

Keywords: adoption; article; Australia; child; child advocacy; child care; child welfare; economics; education; ethnology; family health; family size; government; history; human; international cooperation; legal aspect; policy; preschool child; psychological aspect

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49548

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Historical Sociology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-6443.2010.01376.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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