Ann McVeigh

Ann McVeigh was five years young when she came to Perth, Western Australia as a child migrant in 1950. She was sent to St Joseph’s orphanage in Subiaco and was there for ten years. With the help of a school friend, she started a self-help group called ICAS (Institutional Child Abuse Society) at the WISH foundation in Claremont. She was also on the Committee for the child migration statue at Fremantle wharf, near the Maritime Museum.
When Tuart Place opened its doors, she was one of the first to turn up and helped to start up the singing group on a Monday which is still going. She is honoured to be serving on the Tuart Place Board representing all care-leavers including child migrants, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.