In the Parramatta Girls Home, a state-controlled institution for neglected girls in New South Wales, children were stripped of their identity and silenced. Their heads were shorn, they were assigned derogatory names, and personal items including sanitary napkins were confiscated. Little girls were deprived of food, forced into harsh labour, and were physically abused, sexually assaulted and raped.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/09/never-again-can-the-royal-commission-help-make-our-children-safe
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/09/never-again-can-the-royal-commission-help-make-our-children-safe