The Children of Somerton
I found this online and read of the accounts of how the youngsters in the Crippled Children’s Home were allegedy treated, locked away in basements and treated unsympathetically by nurses and doctors. How their deaths went un-recorded and their small bodies carried away in secrecy.
However there are two incidents described here that are more than surprising; one is of the Rubaiyat found by the author who writes that it is noted as being the property of the Crippled Children’s Home, Somerton Park, the other is his finding of a mysterious death of an unknown man in Berlin in 1951.
”Unknown Man found dead of unknown cause, with a copy of a Rubaiyat found in his suitcase, a case filled with paraphernalia authorities described as ‘medical equipment’, though the article didn’t specify what equipment exactly. And, one last point put in at the end, they were looking for a man named Keane, as that was the name on the tag of the man’s shirt collar.”
G.G. E. Tinsmuir. The Lantern Library.
The Somerton Man .. 
“Rubaiyat” found in Sydney and, another copy in East Berlin along with the name Keane, on a shirt collar, plus a dead man. I think even Sherlock Holmes would have been lost for words! As for the Crippled Children’s Homes (CCH), you can only feel a deep sense of anger for the events that unfolded on that site. And a persistent feeling that the CCH and the SM are somehow linked-why else was that spot on Somerton Beach chosen-was he a doctor/specialist? His hands/fingers were well looked after-food for thought?
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Any other time and I’d think this bloke was pulling my leg, but he seems to know his game and has put a lot of work in on a lot of subjects.
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Interesting that in the newspapers at the time (late 1940’s) how the CCH was featured by entertainers raising funds by dances, theatre visits etc. There was a David Schedlich mentioned-I wonder what his connection was with the CCH?
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It’s all fiction, including CCH Rubaiyat
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Has to be, but he tried pretty hard.
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“Polio survivor – Ann from South Australia” Memoirs of CCH Somerton 1944. Strict rules to aid recovery but not a word on institutional abuse alluded to in your fiction based thread lead. You want more vindications of CCH excellence, you don’t have to look t get to the truth and if you don’t it’s your loss.
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Looks like the whole thing is BS ..
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BS? Probably!
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Institutional abuse of kids is a South Australian tradition.
Our priests , nuns, community club leaders, and several magistrates perfected its down to a fine art. Especially in the 60s and 70s.
Wards of the state were mana from heaven for these scum bags. Ive no doubt the Somerton cripple children home was no different and housed many shameful secrets.
BTW How the hell are you PB you old bong chugging hippy??
Is the colonel dead yet or still holding up the bar at Hot Lips down in Vung Tau talking shit ??
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Looks like G…. P….Nick pulled himself through the bars, got rid of his ankle bracelet and deccides to crash our Somerton Beach party at the nell of our at times strained discussion concerning alleged activities of bad ass “Dude”s at Sister Kenny’s infantile paralysis recovery centre at Somerton. seems to have has memories
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All good here, dude, and the Colonel is now the world’s best DNA decoder and genealogy examiner .. sometimes I get lucky and he drops by with some advice, something I can use seeing as Gordon rated this site bottom of the SM list recently as well as accusing me of everything but rape and pillage.
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Where would a layman conspiracist stand should consular/diplomatic immunity be applicable to a player in the SM saga? And that layman’s human subject is not directly related to the Joan Louise Ogilvie mentioned but is still alive today.
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