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31 January 2017

Hero, villain and the school for scandal

A disturbing episode in the life of the former governor-general Sir William Slim is uncovered.
SIR WILLIAM SLIM, one of Australia's most revered governors-general, has been accused of attempting to sexually interfere with a young, impoverished English boy sent to an institution in western NSW.
David Hill, a former managing director of the ABC and staunch republican, claimed that the war hero and 13th governor-general of Australia had groped students at Fairbridge Farm School at Molong when he visited in 1955.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hero-villain-and-the-school-for-scandal/2007/04/27/1177459984320.html