Adelaide Walker Home, Strathfield

The Adelaide Walker Home was established by the United Protestant Association of New South Wales in 1951. This house was formerly the home of Strathfield Mayor Alexander Melville and called ‘Dunrobbin’. The home was established for the care and welfare of children aged from birth to five. Consequently, the home was known as the "Babies home" and was the seventh of an eventual 13 run by the United Protestant Association in New South Wales. The home closed in 1980.

The United Protestant Association like many other welfare organisations in Australia, has been embroiled in allegations and accusations dealing with historical child sexual abuse at some of its homes. In 2013, the United Protestant Association issued an apology and paid compensation to children abused while they were living in the Woodlands and Ellimatta Homes in Newcastle. Victims from these two homes also gave testimony at the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in regard to an organised ring of paedophiles, including members of the Anglican and Catholic clergy, who had sexually abused boys during a Christian programme held on Sundays at Woodlands in the 1970s. Furthermore, the Royal Commission heard testimony of a girl being sexually abused by a gardener at Ellimatta Home.

Moody Law (formerly Artemis Legal) is representing two clients who have made allegations of sexual abuse by a female carer at the Adelaide Walker Home in Strathfield. The abuse happened in the 1970s.

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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