After Australiaâs July 2020 weekend of âBlack Lives Matterâ, ABCâs Afternoon Briefing had Patricia Karvelas interviewing US Prof. Goff (sp.?). For many Survivours of Child Sexual Abuse, much of these debates have carried the same passion as what weâve felt throughout our lives. Ignorance & turning attention away from are even spoken against in the bible. School lessons. Child care. Sports practice. School camps. A pattern forming…?
Black Lives Matter
JOE MCKENDRY
News of Jeffery Epstein also forms âfront page newsâ, including parts of the British Royal Family, upper levels of US & International society. At the targeted end of this game are low income, low SES (socio economic status) population & young adults/teenagers. Suitably, Australiaâs Judicial System has begun to publicly deal with more allegations following 2013-17 CARC. Highest of these has been George Pell. Sound familiar…?
From the topics presented since 2013, this RoyalCommBBC.blog has aimed to republish noteworthy journalism, factually-based info & âthe other side of the coinâ POV. We donât claim to be a Journalistic Reference to prove legal data; it isnât to be used as an excuse or a bet; links can be arranged with suitable portals, where need be; as are related channels, following earlier BBC involvement of later âguiltyâ Nudgee College staff. A later post will be arranged re: queries of Overlack. Seems too surreal…?
The Premier of NSW, Nathan Rees made an apology to the âForgotten Australiansâ on 19 September 2009. On 16 November 2009, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology in the Federal Parliament to the âForgotten Australiansâ. 500,000 people, including over 7000 former British child migrants were part of the apology, which acknowledged the many instances of neglect and abuse that was the result of their time in government institutions, church organisations, orphanages, homes or foster care. The plight of the âForgotten Australiansâ has been identified in three Senate committee inquiries, with each making unanimous calls for an apology.
FAIRBRIDGE FARM SCHOOL, MOLONG
The NSW Migration Heritage Centre supported the Fairbridge Heritage Association Inc.âs heritage project to record the experiences of former British child migrants at the Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, which documents a chapter of Australian migration and settlement history.
The Fairbridge organisation operated child migration schemes for underprivileged British children in Canada, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Australia from 1912 until 1980. Parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children, on the promise of a better life in these Commonwealth countries.
The isolated, rural Fairbridge Farm School near Molong in New South Wales operated from 1938 until 1974 during which time about 1000 boys and girls passed through the school and were trained to be âfarmers and farmersâ wivesâ.
Many of those children, now aged in their 60s and 70s, are now talking for the first time about their experiences. Loneliness was rife. Food was often inedible. The standard of education was limited. Disturbingly, more than half of the 39 oral histories recorded by the Fairbridge Heritage Association Inc. document physical and sexual abuse. All the oral histories have been lodged with State Library of NSW and are accessible for research purposes.
The oral histories were subsequently incorporated in David Hillâs book The Forgotten Children and some of the accounts also appear in a documentary entitled The Long Journey Home screened on ABC Television on 17 November 2009.
Vincent McMullen came as a 7Âœ year old from Dumbarton in Scotland to Fairbridge in February 1961. He came to Australia as part of a later Fairbridge âFamilyâ scheme, with his mother and father, four brothers and two sisters and spent a total of 4 Âœ years at Fairbridge. This interview was recorded in Vincentâs home in Sydney on February 6, 2006.
Stewart Lee came as a 4 year old from Manchester to Fairbridge with his three brothers, 11 year old Syd, 9 year old Graham and 8 year old Ian Bayliff, arriving in Sydney in March 1955. Stewart was to stay at Fairbridge for 13 years. This interview was recorded in Gloucester House at Fairbridge Farm Molong on February 9, 2006.
Eddie Baker came as a 10 year old from Winchester to Fairbridge arriving in Sydney in May 1948. He stayed 6 years at Fairbridge. This interview was recorded in Eddieâs house in regional New South Wales February 8, 2006.
Malcolm Field came as a 10 year old from England to Fairbridge with his 14 year old brother Laurie, arriving in Sydney in December 1952. His younger brother Keith, aged 6 and sister Jane, aged 5, were already at Fairbridge having been sent out in 1951. Malcolm was to stay at Fairbridge for 7 years. This interview was recorded in Malcolmâs home in regional New South Wales on February 17, 2006.
Margaret Watt left England for Fairbridge as a 10 year old with her 12 year old twin sisters Joy and June and 13 year old sister Rosemary in 1940. With the outbreak of the Second World War the party of 30 children sailed via Canada and was to be the last group of child migrants to Fairbridge for another seven years. Margaret left Fairbridge after 6 years in 1946 to be with her mother who had followed the children out to Australia. This interview was recorded in Margaretâs home in Sydney on January 31, 2006.
Scottish Margaret McLauchlan left Northumberland and came to Australia as 5 year old with her 6 year old brother Frank in 1938. Originally they were sent to the Northcotte childrenâs home in Victoria but were moved during the Second World War with 38 other children to the Fairbridge Farm School at Molong in 1944. Margaret left Fairbridge as a 17 year old in 1949. This interview was recorded in Margaretâs Sydney home on February 8, 2006.
Gwen Miller came as a 10 year old from Grimsby to Fairbridge with her 7 year old sister Kath and her 4 year old brother Reg and 9 year old Doug, arriving in Sydney in June 1952. An older brother, 14 year old Hughie, joined them at Fairbridge in July the following year. Gwen stayed at Fairbridge for 7 years. This interview was recorded in Gloucester House at Fairbridge Farm School Molong on February 9, 2006.
Peter Bennett came from Suffolk to Fairbridge as a 6 year old in 1940 with his 9 year old sister Marie. With the outbreak of the Second World War Peter and Marie sailed with 28 other children via Canada in what was to be the last group of child migrants to Fairbridge for another seven years. Peter was to stay at Fairbridge for 10 years. This interview was recorded in Peterâs home in Sydney on February 15, 2006.
Joyce Drury came to Fairbridge as a 10 year old from Birkdale, Lancashire arriving in Sydney in June 1938. She was to stay at Fairbridge for 7 years. This interview was recorded with Tony Myers at Joyceâs home in regional New South Wales on February 21, 2006.
Dennis Piercy came to Fairbridge as an 8 year old with his 5 year old brother Barnie, arriving in Sydney in May 1955. Dennis stayed at Fairbridge for 9 years. This interview was recorded at Gloucester House, Fairbridge Farm School, on March 3, 2006.
(Anthony) Kim Buchanan – âButchâ (Brisbane Boysâ College Portal 1990)
âPower of Preying: Why Men Target Women in the Workplaceâ (2017) grabbed my attention, which began to describe the insipid, predator-vulnerable attitudes of being convicted. As per the Sentencing Judgeâs remarks in the case of (Anthony) Kim Buchanan – BUTCH – (image via Portal 1990): 1980-2000 offences âthat can only be regarded as most serious offences of a most degrading and humiliating kindâ (Judge BOTTING, 2002 Indictment);
Most shockingly, is that this Conviction was only able to site 30 offences. It is now being discussed and determined, whether most classes of 30 students were involved in other forms of abuses. Before Buchanan had even entered his BBC Teaching profession, moments of abuse have been identified from their adolescence. Coupled with how adjusted versions were repeated in following semesters, Butch was a prime example of what we should be aware of:
> grooming: befriending and establishing an emotional connection; (Jeffery Epstein, Prince Andrew & Bill Clinton) illicit businesses such as child trafficking, child prostitution, or the production of child pornography;
> blame-shifting: âdevil/satanâ doing wrong, instead of âchurch-hoppingâ and âschool-swappingâ ; is a common psychological trick Narcissists and other toxic, similar, emotionally immature and ultimately toxic people use to abuse and to gaslight their victims into thinking they were not abused at all⊠or if they were that they somehow deserve it.
> victim-blaming: Blame is placing the entire responsibility for oneâs unpleasant actions, consequences, and feelings on another person or external event, and insisting that others agree: âtwo sides to every storyâ is frequently used to justify this habit.
When corruption and politics is drawn into the mix, truth is something that survives. Please add in any of your FEEDBACK!
Online Predators (Tandez): 1. Keeping Yourself Physically Safe : Avoid dangerous places. Be aware of your surroundings. Use the âback offâ command. Take self-defense. Create obstacles to entering your home. Report suspicious activity. Contact the authorities.
How to avoid Predators
2. Being on the Lookout for Online Predators : Do not âcheck inâ on social media. Refrain from posting personal information. Use anti-virus security. Monitor what your friends and family post.
How to avoid Predators
3. Staying Away from Emotional Predators : Watch out for a sense of entitlement. Avoid manipulation. Keep an eye out for workplace narcissists. Take it slow when dating someone new.
4. Protecting Your Kids From Predators : Recognize red flags. Monitor the people in your child’s life. Talk to your kids about abuse. Listen to kids. Practice safety skills.Teach children online safety strategies.
Prestigious Melbourne school Trinity Grammar has paid out more than $1 million to a former student for the historical sexual abuse he suffered.
John Turner, abused in 1974 when he was 16 by boarding master Leslie Wiggins, said he felt vindicated.
âIt makes me feel whole again. It makes me feel like a person. I never felt adequate as an adult, I always felt I was hopeless,â he said.
John Turner says he feels vindicated after a $1 million settlement with Trinity Grammar. CREDIT: SIMON SCHLUTER
âThe feelings of inadequacy and extreme anxiety have been present with me my entire life since the sixth form.â
Mr Turner, now 62, was sent to Trinity as a 14-year-old, moving from Papua New Guinea where his step-father was the vice chancellor of its university.
Boarding school life in Melbourne was at first fun and full of mischief in the shadow of some of their masters who Mr Turner described as a âprocession of weirdos and oddballs who came and went”.
The boys would make jokes amongst themselves when they knew they were being watched in the showers by one master, and Wiggins, the assistant school chaplain, was known to have âliked little boys.â
Wiggins targeted Mr Turner after he and his friends were caught smoking marijuana. Awaiting to hear whether he’d be expelled, Wiggins came into Mr Turner’s bedroom at night on the pretext of wanting to help him. Wiggins assaulted him twice before the teenager asked to be moved into a shared dormitory.
John Turner, pictured here when he was 15 years old.
Mr Turner told his sister, then his father found out and called a meeting with headmaster John Leppitt, who asked Mr Turner to leave the boarding house. Mr Turner didnât fight back.
âI felt that I was saving my fellow boarders from a disastrous outcome because theyâd been threatened with expulsion and Iâd been told I was the ringleader. They were country boys so if they were expelled, it would have been life-long shame,â Mr Turner said.
Mr Turner left the boarding house to live with his father in Richmond, and he said he was thrown into the âabyssâ. He started an arts/law degree at Monash University, and his father had plans for him to go into politics. But riddled with anxiety, he couldnât finish the degree and lurched from job to job. He now runs his own cleaning business.
âI could never hold a job down and itâs almost a direct result of that. I would just get restless,â he said.
Mr Turner said he chose to go public in an effort to try and get in touch with his school friends, as well as a close friend from Ruyton Girls’ School who was assaulted by a Trinity master.
Leslie Wiggins, pictured in The Mitre, the Trinity Grammar year book.
âI donât know whatâs happened to them in their lives and I want them to know I was trying to protect them,â he said.
By coming forward, Mr Turner also had to disclose to his wife what had happened to him as a boy.
âIt was difficult, but she has always been very supportive. She was terrific. And for her it explains a lot,â he said.
âNow that Iâve told everyone, Iâm not ashamed of it.â
Wiggins was convicted in 1991 of indecently assaulting three boys on the Mornington Peninsula. He died several years ago.
Mr Turner praised the schoolâs current administration for their handling of his claim.
âRight from the start, they accepted responsibility,â he said.
School council chairman John Gillam said historical cases of child sex abuse has darkened Trinityâs history, but the school was committed to ensuring support and action for those affected.
âWe are deeply sorry that these abuses have occurred. The school will not forget nor underestimate the impact these historical incidents have had,â Mr Gillam said.
Rightside Legal senior associate Laird Macdonald, who represented Mr Turner, said institutions are âslowly waking up to the devastating consequences of child abuse and the compensation they have to pay to deal with this dreadful legacy”.
Trinity signed up to the redress scheme in 2018 and Mr Macdonald said, had his client gone through that system, he would have received a maximum $150,000 in compensation.
The way the school dealt with Mr Turnerâs claim signals a shift in a school that had struggled to grapple with historical abuse claims.
This came to a head when allegations were made against a once revered school figure, Christopher Howell, who taught at Trinity for more than 40 years.
Howell took his own life before he was due to face court on an indecent assault charge, and, even though they knew about the allegations, former headmaster Dr Michael Davies and his deputy Rohan Brown penned a tribute calling him a hero.
Itâs relieving to know that the figures leading into Feb 20 are that RCbbc Blog has reached 691 Subscribers + 39 Followers. To each of the viewers of our Support Group – âYouâre not alone!â
The honesty raised through many of these Discussions, Statements + Meetings often leads to Qld Justice being supported in their ongoing matters. Through the Sharing of related postings, local-national-global news events often reveal common patterns of CSA behaviour.
theconversation.com – international students
As âInternational Studentsâ began being focussed on, around Australia Day, 2020 will now have another focus of peers on. While celebrating Australiaâs global reputation in foreign countries, some of these postings may reveal further angst amongst ESL (English as Second Language) families. Obviously, itâs beneficial for all when a positive outcome is made of any negative settings.
Not realising how impacting the issue of international students would be, it seems that this is a largely untapped area. Unsurprisingly, as Education appears as a high commodity in Australiaâs Budget, through the handling of Students our nation has boundless incentives to be hands-on(đŻ?). Similar to the frequent defence of âno harm intendedâ, the amounts of information + reasons for foreign speaking Families of suspected CSA surviving Children + Students is quite astounding!
âForeign studentsâ study in Australia
From Victorian Education Deptâs Risk Assessment Template for International Students, the Events or Environments of Highest risk are:
Homestay host is not clear on Child Safe requirements and mandatory reporting procedure;
Parent of International student not clear on how to report child abuse;
This is where BBC has performed well, as to the the first item – mandatory reporting procedure. Discussions had with the PMSA confirm this, in-addition to easily viewing + Sharing copies of the related PMSA Historical Abuse Redress Policy (PDF). What does cause concern is the ongoing leaps in statistics of BBCâs previous, current and potential enrolments. This is where the second listed âHighest riskâ appears, in the items above. Even through discussions with BBC âOld Boysâ experiences in foreign countries, it appears that even reported Australian CSA occurrences are not included with other Education systems. This could be compounded in ESL predicaments, as demonstrated by particular interest in views from non-English countries.
Visitors – Jan 20
Of greatest concern, is those Students + their Families who âfall between the gapsâ. Through providing our factual evidence, our RCbbc Shares the following link to the International Baccalaureateâs âDiscussing child protection in international schoolsâ (http://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2016/04/14/discussing-child-protection-in-international-schools/). Of particular notes is that the key topics of:
Educating educators (including International Police Cert.)
Lifting the lid
More work needs to be done
Closing off with the Authorâs for IB Schools + protecting children:
Larssonâs advice for IB World Schools
Research the resources available
Attend training
Invite experts into your communities
To protect children:
Listen to them
Support them
Believe them
Find an expert to immediately investigate â it can be damaging to a child to have them repeat a story over and over again to someone who isnât trained to do the interview.
