This is a book about memorials - specifically about a new type of memorial that commemorates experiences of survivors. These new memorials acknowledge loss and trauma that people have lived through, rather than died because of. It is also a book about why people feel the need to remember such difficult experiences. As such, it combines a topic that has strong scholarly interest with human stories of pain and resilience from Australia's recent history. Hay Girls Institution (Hay, N.S.W.) -- History. | Monuments -- Australia -- History -- Case studies. | Stolen generations (Australia) | Black Saturday bushfires, 2009. | Gays -- Violence against -- Australia | Abused children -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. | Immigrants -- Housing -- Victoria -- Sringvale -- History. | Sculpture. | Historic sites. | Australia -- History. | Australian