The Royal Commission held a public hearing in Sydney from Wednesday 26 February to Monday 3 March 2014.



The public hearing inquired into the experience of women who were sexually abused as children, between 1950-1974 while committed in The Parramatta Girls’ Training School and The Institution for Girls in Hay.

The scope and purpose of the public hearing was to inquire into:

1. To hear the experience of women who were sexually abused as children, between 1950-1974, while committed in:
   
   1. The Parramatta Girls’ Training School in Sydney; and
   2. The Institution for Girls in Hay, NSW,
   3. being institutions which were within the responsibility of the NSW Government.
2. Any related matters.