Secrets We Keep

Standing at her mother’s wake, journalist Amelia Oberhardt is confronted with a photo she’s never seen before - her mum Cecelia as a teenager wearing a wedding ring, accompanied by an unknown husband and cradling an unfamiliar baby.   Immediately, Amelia begins to ask questions. Who is this man? Who is this baby? And does this photo explain Ceceila’s untimely death?   Credits: Creator and Host - Amelia Oberhardt   Producer - Jake Morcom   Fact check - Bension Siebert  Sound design and mix - Nial Fernandes   Executive Producer - Ellen Leabeater   With assistance from Clair Weaver, Joey Watson, Jessica Lukjanow, Tara Cassidy and James Royce  Natasha Jobson is our Head of News Ops, and Melanie Withnall is Head of News and Information   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Amelia Oberhardt thought she knew her mum, until she was confronted by a photo she’d never seen before at her mother’s wake. Seeing this photo sparks a journey into 1950s-1970s Australia, a time when women were forced to keep secrets. Shotgun marriages, hushed abortions and forced adoptions. It’s the story of a generation of women, who now with their children, are fighting for justice today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.