mother and child Archives - Independent Regional Mothers

Song Played During the Unveiling of Cherished Mother & Child Statue

Gippsland 17.3.2017

They denied me the beating of your little heart

Your first breathe

The feeling of your warm perfect little fingers

The right to count your toes

My breasts denied the right to nourish you

My eyes to watch you grow

My legs to run with you

My arms to hold you close

My face to see your smiling eyes

(Music)

But they failed to see our invisible cord

Attached to my heart

They failed to see our

Invisible cord

Attached to my heart

I am your Mother

You are my child

My love is yours always

You will always be mine

To engage with the community, service providers and governments to promote and enhance education on validation of our motherhood – late 1950’s – early 1970’s - new modern medical outlook policies relating to young unmarried pregnant girls introduced in Victoria May 1958.
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Interview held at Parliament House after the Senate Report of the Inquiry into the Commonwealths role in Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices, and was handed down. Peter cries with Max as Max discovers the possibility that his mother may have LOVED him, after reading a newspaper report stating many mother's had their baby illegally removed against their will.