The royal commission has wrapped up after almost two weeks of
hearings in Darwin about the Retta Dixon home, which housed children
from 1946 until 1980.
Nine former residents gave harrowing evidence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of carers. This included being raped and molested, belted until they bled, force-fed until they vomited, and chained to their beds.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/01/darwin-home-residents-march-police-station-child-abuse-hearings
Nine former residents gave harrowing evidence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of carers. This included being raped and molested, belted until they bled, force-fed until they vomited, and chained to their beds.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/01/darwin-home-residents-march-police-station-child-abuse-hearings