Category Archives: Rob’s Spot

The Fairbridge Farm School, at Molong seems to be going through a kind of existential crisis. Not bad for an institution that has not existed for forty years. Recent events and revelations about the lived experiences of my Old Fairbridgians … Continue reading →

I was doing some research at the State Library, looking through back editions of the Molong Express and I came upon this little classic “classified”. It left me wondering; given the attachment this woman held for that faux fox fur … Continue reading →

For most of my life Fairbridge has been happy memories of an almost idyllic country childhood. That began to change a few years ago when the stories of abuse and institutional oppression began to be more widely canvassed, and I … Continue reading →