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Newspaper Article

Author
Turner, Laurence Ronald
Title
Sunday Times Reporter Works for 5 Weeks As Attendant At The Hospital For The Insane And Here Describes
In
Sunday Times
Imprint
12 February 1950, pp. 5-6
Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4519827
Description

These two pages of articles from the Sunday Times are published on the National Library of Australia's website, Trove. The newspaper's investigations caused the government to set up a Royal Commission to inquire into alleged cases of brutality at the Claremont Mental Hospital in March 1950. The articles describe beatings and other brutal treatment of patients at the hospital.

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