Daruk
Corner Blacktown Road & Kingswood Road
Windsor
NSW
Australia
Provider: Government-Run
Year Opened: 1960
Year Closed: 1981
Daruk was opened at South Windsor in 1960 by the Department of Community Services. It was a training school for juvenile offenders who were of school age. Some children who were committed to institutions in the Australian Capital Territory were sent to Daruk.
News Article Related to Daruk:
– Victims of sex assault at Daruk Training School break silence after 40 years – News.com.au
– Daruk Training School: Alleged sex abuse of young boys ‘nothing short of horrific’, police say – ABC News
– Australian government-run home exposed as ‘paedophile’s paradise’ – 9 News
– First arrest in alleged Sydney boys’ home paedophile ring – News.com.au
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