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Creator
Matthews, Bernie
Title
Getting screwed at the school for crime
Imprint
Online Opinion, 3 April 2007
Url
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5639&page=0
Description

Discusses the criminal careers of a number of former inmates of Tamworth Institution for Boys, the veil of secrecy laid over the home by the Child Welfare Department, and the findings of the 2004 Senate Inquiry Forgotten Australians.

(First published as 'The Terrible Legacy of a Boys Home' in The Sun-Herald, November 5, 2006.)

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