AUSTRALIA
SBS News
October 18, 2018
By Rosemary Bolger
A Melbourne artist who was sexually abused at an Australian orphanage has commissioned a painting to document the royal commission and his fight for justice.
It is with a sense of pride that Melbourne artist Robert House gazes at the latest addition to his art collection.
Mr House, who was sexually abused at an orphanage in Sydney as a young boy in the late 1960s, commissioned friend and artist Peter Daverington to create a painting to honour survivors of child sexual abuse and the fight for justice.
“I wanted to lock it in history and make sure that the story is told for generations to come. And, mainly, the victory of the story, not so much the bad side of the story but the reason to fight for a cause and never give up until you achieve what you want,” Mr House told SBS News.
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