The following articles won for the author, Barbara Walton, the Australian Child and Family Welfare journal award for journalism. The articles were published by the Shepparton News in aseries of three articles in March, 1980. In June, 1980 it was announced that the Coulburn Valley branch of the Children’s Protection Society had received a grant of $32,000. It was considered that the articles by Barbara Walton had contributed to the movement to strengthen the Children’s Protection Society in the area.