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Salvation Army Kardinia Children’s Home (Or: What Is Still Hidden?)

Posted on January 4, 2014 by lewisblayse

Image: Kardinia Salvation Army Children’s Home (Source: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au) The next hearings, due to begin 28th January, of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, will focus on four Salvation Army Boys’ Homes. As covered in a … Continue reading →

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Northern Ireland’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (Or: Ireland Calling)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by lewisblayse

The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry in Northern Ireland is the latest of five child abuse enquiries there. It is particularly relevant to Australia in that it will include Irish children sent here as “child migrants” (see previous posting). It … Continue reading →

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