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6 October 2014

Darwin home residents march on police station after child abuse hearings

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