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

Cuthbert, DeniseSpark, CeridwenMurphy, Kate2015-12-100952-1909http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49548This 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 theKeywords: 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"That was then... but this is now" : Historical Perspectives on Intercountry Adoption and Domestic Child Adoption in Australia201010.1111/j.1467-6443.2010.01376.x2016-02-24