Kumanka Boys’ Home

Kumanka Boys’ Home was a residence established in 1945 which initially accommodated working boys who had been under the care of the State and who could not find no other suitable accommodation upon being released from a government reformatory. By the early 1960s, the Home started to accommodate older school boys who were lacking suitable accommodation. The Home was established and operated by the South Australian Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board in its successors in North Adelaide, South Australia until 1980.

Like many other government institutions in South Australia, the Children in State Care Inquiry between 2004 to 2008 heard from seven witnesses who made allegations of being sexually abused while residing at Kumanka Boys’ Home. The abuse is reported to have happened between the early 1960s and the late 1970s and it involved multiple perpetrators, by staff, other residents, and by outsiders who had no connection to Kumanka but who met boys who had absconded from the Home or who met them during outings, such as the movie theatre.

Moody Law has in the past represented and is still representing clients who were physically and sexually abused at institutions owned by the State of South Australia.

We invite former victims to tell us confidentially what information they may have, and we will explain what options are available to help with these cases.

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