Case Study 17: Retta Dixon Home was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Darwin from September to November 2014. It inquired into the experiences of former child residents at Retta Dixon Home. During the hearings evidence was heard from former residents of Retta Dixon Home, as well as a former staff member of the home, and representatives from Australian Indigenous Ministries, various government departments, police, and legal representatives.
In July 2015, the Royal Commission subsequently published its findings in the Report of Case Study No. 17: The response of the Australian Indigenous Ministries, the Australian and Northern Territory governments and the Northern Territory police force and prosecuting authorities to allegations of child sexual abuse which occurred at the Retta Dixon Home. The webpage for Case Study 17 published on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse website includes the final report for Case Study 17, transcriptions of each day of the public hearing, exhibits and submissions related to the Case Study, and a list of witnesses who gave evidence during the Case Study.