Case Study 26: St Joseph’s Orphanage, Neerkol was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Rockhampton in April 2015. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at St Joseph’s Orphanage, Neerkol. During the hearings evidence was heard from former residents of St Joseph’s Orphanage,…
Case Study 33: The Salvation Army children’s Homes, Australia Southern Territory was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Adelaide in October 2015. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at Eden Park Boys’ Home in South Australia, Box Hill Boys’ Home and Bayswater…
Case Study 3: North Coast Children’s Home was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Sydney from November 2013 to January 2014. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at the North Coast Children’s Home in Lismore, New South Wales. During the hearings evidence…
Case Study 5: The Salvation Army boys’ Homes, Australian Eastern Territory was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Sydney in January and February of 2014. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at Alkira Salvation Army Home for Boys/Indooroopilly and Riverview Training Farm…
Case Study 7: Parramatta Training School for Girls was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Sydney from February to March of 2014. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at The Parramatta Girls’ Training School in Sydney, and The Institution for Girls in…
On 7 December 2010, the Salvation Army issued a national apology to former residents of its children’s homes in Australia who experienced abuse of any sort. The apology covered the period up until the early 1990s, according to the Salvation Army’s press release. The apology was made by General Shaw Clifton, the international leader of…
During the twentieth century, babies and children in Victorian orphanages and Homes were used as subjects for medical experiments. Reports from the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care contained details of studies carried out by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the Commonwealth Serum Laboratory (CSL) between 1945 and 1970. One reason given…
On 17 September 1997, Premier Kennett issued an apology in the Legislative Assembly to the Aboriginal people for the past policies leading to the removal of Aboriginal children from their families and communities. The apology began with the words: That this house apologises to the Aboriginal people on behalf of all Victorians for the past…
The McLean Inquiry was established in December 1955, to ascertain the population of Aboriginal Victorians; report on their self-maintenance prospects; comment on factors affecting Aboriginal ‘absorption’ into mainstream society, and on the viability of maintaining a separate Aboriginal administration. The Inquiry was also to advise on the future of the Lake Tyers mission in East…
The Royal Commission into Charitable Institutions was established on 18 March 1890, and presented its final report to the Victorian Parliament in August 1895. The findings included the removal of city-based institutions to less expensive rural locations. The concentration of female rescue work onto one site and orphans to be boarded out in rural locations.
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