South Australia’s 10 Worst Children’s Homes: A Legacy of Shame
South Australia has a long and shameful history of institutional child abuse. This was laid bare in the final report of the Children in State
South Australia has a long and shameful history of institutional child abuse. This was laid bare in the final report of the Children in State
For many decades, ‘State Ward’ was the title given to children removed from their parents and assumed into the care of the State Government. Essentially,
Castledare Junior Orphanage was one of four offending Children’s Homes in Western Australia, described as part of a “quadrangular scheme” for the Christian Brothers. Like
In 2017, the Catholic Church released the number of child sexual abuse claims made against staff from their religious schools and orphanages. The Church identified
Gill Memorial Home for Boys in Goulburn is considered one of the worst offending children’s homes in New South Wales. The boys were brutally beaten,
Riverview Training Farm is well known as one of Queensland’s worst-ever children’s homes. Run by the Salvation Army, the teenage residents were forced to work
From the outside, Royleston Boys Home in Glebe looked like a lavish manor — Victorian-style arched windows, fine brickwork and a sweeping veranda. The home
In the past, we have investigated several New South Wales children’s homes for their improper conduct as well as the physical and sexual abuse of
Mittagong Training School was no place for children. From 1906 until the home’s closure in 1976, NSW state wards were sent to Mittagong for many
Some of the worst cases of historical child sexual abuse in Australia occurred at Castledare Junior Orphanage and St Vincent’s Orphanage Clontarf in Western Australia.
WARNING: This article includes references to suicide, which some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. In 2014, shocking allegations of brutal sexual and
The Salvation Army suffered a severe blow to its reputation following Case Studies 5 and 10 at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child
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