Family Downed Under

Government Solutions Do Not Address the Fundamental Needs of the People

Is this the most hellish town on earth? Above, a cloudless cobalt sky. Beneath, red dirt. To the north, to the south, to the east, and to the west, undulating, scrubby, featureless, and iron-rich land. Summer temperatures can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 C). During a late nineteenth-century gold rush, it was the biggest settlement between Perth, 1,600 kilometers south, and Darwin, 2,600 kilometers northwest. Nowadays Roebourne, Western Australia, is the child abuse capital of the nation.

According to a searing report in The Australian newspaper, Roebourne is "a festering mess of intergenerational child sexual abuse where kids are more likely to be raped than almost anywhere...

 
This article originally appeared in Salvo, Issue #43, Winter 2017 Copyright © 2024 Salvo | www.salvomag.com https://salvomag.com/article/salvo43/family-downed-under

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