Abuse Victims at Fairbridge Farm School Awarded $24 million
On June - 29 - 2015
Largest payment of its kind in Australia
AUSTRALIA – More than 70 years after Ron Simpson was raped by a chef and had his back broken with a hockey stick by another man, he still suffers nightmares about the abuse he endured at NSW’s Fairbridge Farm School. The 86-year-old is one of about 150 former residents of the school at Molong to settle a $24 million claim with the foundation that ran the school and the NSW and commonwealth governments on Monday. It is the largest payment for mass child abuse survivors in Australia. READ MORE HERE
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