AUSTRALIA
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While the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s next hearings (beginning 28th January) will cover two Queensland and two NSW Boys’ Home, operated by the Salvation Army, there are many others not being covered.
One of these is the Algate House Boys’ Home in the New South Wales State town of Broken Hill. This is a mining town, and original home of the Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. company (BHP, now BHP-Billiton), one of the largest mining companies in the world. It is situated in a harsh, inland environment, even for Australia.
Algate House was opened in 1968 and closed in 1995.
The Home itself was also a harsh environment. Last year, it was named specifically by Leonie Sheedy, from the Care Leavers of Australia Network (CLAN), as one of the Homes where abuses occurred. She said that the abuse was “horrific.” Unfortunately, for the former residents, the Royal Commission will not be covering this Home at the public hearings.
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