Uproar after 23 boys publicly caned

 

Twenty-three boys were publicly beaten at their school after they ‘ducked’ three masters under water taps (it was allegedly a tradition). It happened in Australia in 1964 and as these newspaper reports show, it caused some controversy. It was like a public hanging, a newspaper commented.

As published in the Canberra Times (Australia), 6 October 1964

As published in the Canberra Times (Australia), 7 October 1964

 

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