Australia Says Sorry

James Michael Widdy Welsh was placed in a boys’ home and didn’t see his
mother for six years
Photographs for TIME by Lisa Hogben

Comfort in numbers
James Michael Widdy Welsh was placed in a boys' home and didn't see his mother for six years. "It helps to know it's not just me, to have solidarity with other people," he says.

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