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Newspaper Article

Author
Turner, Laurence Ronald
Title
Sequel To Our Reporter's Story Of Conditions At Aslyum
In
Sunday Times
Imprint
19 February 1950, p. 5
Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4519870
Description

This page of articles from the Sunday Times. 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 the conditions in which patients at the hospital lived.

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