N Ireland children sent to Australia were sexually abused,

Children as young as five were sent from Northern Ireland to Australian orphanages and other institutions where they were sexually and physically abused, the chairman of an inquiry into institutional child abuse has revealed.
Sir Anthony Hart, who is chairing the historical abuse inquiry, said witness evidence will show "in shocking terms" how children were subjected to "severe hardships, and grave sexual and physical evidence" when they arrived in the country.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/01/northern-ireland-australian-orphanages-sexually-abused-inquiry