Orphans of the Living
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781920731663
Subjects: Children, institutional care; Abused children; Institutional care; Child welfare, australia
Description: In Australia, around half a million children grew up in 'care' during the twentieth century. Most often, they grew up with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution. The most vulnerable children were effectively treated as criminals, when their only 'crime' was the deprivation of one of the most fundamental of human needs - the love and care of their parents.