Bethcar Children’s Home
Location
Cnr Bathurst Street and Belmore Street
Brewarrina NSW
Australia
Provider: NSW Government
Year Opened:1969
Year Closed:1989
Bethcar Children’s Home was a State-run foster care facility which opened in 1969 and it was located in Brewarrina. Bethcar Children’s Home was run by a married couple, Burt and Edith Gordon, who was funded by the State, from 1974-1984.
The home ‘cared’ for 24 Aboriginal children. Stolen Generations member David Nolan wrote about growing up here in his poem ‘Mission Breed (page 14)’.
Related News Articles
Girl, 5, raped and flogged for being late for dinner at foster home, inquiry told, 23 October 2014 (The Guardian)
Bethcar Children’s Home: Resident broke own arm to escape sexual abuse, royal commission told, 22 October 2014 (ABC News)
Inquiry to look at children’s home, 21 October 2014 (9 News)
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