AUSTRALIA
ABC – Four Corners
[with complete video of the program]
In this 2003 episode, Four Corners looks at the kids society didn’t want, orphaned or wrenched from broken families, then shunted off to “homes”.
Transcript
They were the kids society didn’t want… orphaned or wrenched from broken families, then shunted off to loveless places called – without irony – “homes”.
Over decades, tens of thousands of Australian children were sent to state and charitable institutions to be raised by complete strangers.
Some kids were identified by numbers, not by their names. Chores were numbingly routine. Discipline was harsh at best. Many endured extreme cruelty – emotional, physical and sexual.
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