AUSTRALIA
7 News
ABC
BY SALLY BROOKS AND XAVIER LA CANNA
October 5, 2014
Indigenous children housed between 1946 and 1980 at a former Darwin institution now at the centre of child sex abuse allegations are pursuing legal action against those they say responsible for their suffering.
On Saturday, alleged victims from the Retta Dixon home met at the site where the facility once stood.
An Aboriginal smoking ceremony to cleanse the area was held and traditional dances were performed.
Retta Dixon was a home in Darwin that operated for more than three decades and housed mainly Aboriginal children, many of whom identify as being from the Stolen Generation.
Irene Pearson, a former resident of the home, said the gathering marked an important part in the healing process.
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