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🗓️ 18 May 2020
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0:00.0 | You're going to. Oh, Five evil and infamous orphanages. |
0:29.5 | Back in the day orphanages were a common sight. It was a place where abandoned and unwanted |
0:34.7 | children gathered. For some it was transitory. For others it was the only place |
0:40.0 | they could call home. But not all orphanages are manned by lovely and caring people. These are |
0:46.4 | five evil and infamous orphanages. |
0:49.1 | Number five, St. John's Orphanage, Australia. |
0:57.0 | Also called the Goulburn Boys Orphanage, St. John's was an operation in the city of Goulburn, New South Wales, |
1:05.7 | Australia between March 7, 1912 until 1978. |
1:11.3 | The place was run by the Sisters of Mercy and the Catholic Church until it closed down. |
1:16.0 | Made to accommodate at least a hundred children, |
1:19.0 | they first housed young boys between five to sixteen years old. It wasn't until the 70s when the place began |
1:25.4 | accepting females because of the declining number of young men. From beginning to |
1:30.9 | end the orphanage took in 2,500 individuals. |
1:35.0 | In actuality, though, only 4% of these were actual orphans. |
1:40.0 | The rest were children given religious education and later trained in agriculture. |
1:45.0 | For many who stayed there, it wasn't a fond memory they would return to. |
1:50.0 | The boys who lived there said they were subjected to countless abuses. |
1:54.0 | For one, those who first entered had all their clothes taken away from them. |
1:59.0 | Children were given only one piece of clothing, no underwear, and it was only washed once a week. |
2:06.4 | They were supplied with shoes, but often they were either too big or too small for their feet. |
2:11.2 | Punishments were regularly doled out as well. It was common to be beaten. |
2:15.8 | They were locked inside rooms, received canings, and flogging sometimes for the most mundane |
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