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The first children arrived at the Pine Creek Home in
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and he described it as being 'pleasant and harmonious' compared to life at Myilly point and that, while he attended the local school he was a restless students but found the teachers lenient and that he was often allowed to leave class and do activities outside. The attendance of the boys at the
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The home briefly reopened, for a few months, in late 1940 as a place for
Aboriginal children who were being transferred from government institutions to various missions. It was also used in 1942 as temporary accommodation for people that were being evacuated from the region following the
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local school did cause conflict within the community with some parents refusing to send their children as the boys from the home "were unfit to associate with white children". This controversy, which resulted in the prosecution of a number of the parents, was reported nationally.
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