Rudd apologizes for colonial child abuse
China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-17 07:56
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In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National Archives of Australia, British orphans work in a garden at Melrose House, near Parramatta, Australia. |
CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized yesterday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents.
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