The Long Journey Home (2009)
- Country
- Australia
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How it feels
Former child migrants share their painful memories of living at a Fairbridge school in New South Wales. The documentary includes allegations of sexual abuse by a prominent figure.
somberreflectivemelancholicintimaterestrainedsoberingfactualunsettling
What happens
The Long Journey Home is an Australian TV documentary in which former child migrants relate their generally unhappy experiences as inmates of a Fairbridge school establishment at Molong, New South Wales. The script is largely based on an autobiographical book by David Hill, published in 2007. The documentary first went to air on ABC Television in November 2009, with Hill as one of the presenters. It included his report of allegations made by three former residents that the former distinguished governor-general Sir William Slim had sexually assaulted them and other young boys during visits to the Fairbridge farms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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