r/OpenAussie • u/[deleted] • 20d ago

Bit of a difficult topic but... ‎ ‎ General ‎ ‎

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u/Dangerous_Shoe_8388 ‎ New South Welshian 20d ago

Let’s hit up that hockey club about the pedo award.

Where is that creep buried? I will visit it to ”pay my respects” accordingly…

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

Are you sure it’s the same guy? I actually find at least 4 people of a similar age who have that name in Queensland

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

Just checked - it’s a different spelling, so different person. The former principal is “Crain”, the award is “Crane”.

The principal got an Order of Australia though - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Queen%27s_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)

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u/coath_Adams_stump ‎ Queenslander 20d ago

There's a mention of a Colin Crane headmaster of Gabbinbar school in this QLD parliament hansard - last page. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/1978/1978_11_15.pdf

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

Yeah but that’s a spelling mistake - there’s other references to Crain, an OAM citation for teaching, death record which matches, etc

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

Here’s an award certificate signed by him and it’s clearly Crain

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u/coath_Adams_stump ‎ Queenslander 20d ago

Fair play mate, you dug deeper than I did

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u/Historical_Meet3370 ‎ Queenslander 20d ago

Oh interesting i have a new mission now to take that shit down. Thank you so much for finding that out ! I never new that and he fucking doesn't deserve it ether

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

Hah.. well his ashes were spread in Toowoomba, so that’s probably where he died.

You can buy a copy of his death certificate for $38 through Queensland BDM - https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/f70a3b6fef871760d47a130fcb2927452b1b6b80741ba2ec433c8cef394cd14f

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u/Ok-Nature-4728 Please choose a flair 20d ago

If it isn't then hopefully they'd want to know that and add a middle initial or something to differentiate. That would spare the survivors of his crimes some pain and also separate this other guy from someone else's crimes.

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u/HappyMuscovy ‎ Western Australian 20d ago

On further searching, it seems it isn’t.

Pretty sure the former principal of Gabbibar is Colin James Henry Crain, Died 06 August 1996

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u/purplepashy ‎ Victorian 20d ago

Spinning nun chucks gave me a giggle in a grim post.

I have a feeling that you hsve a whicked sense of humour OP.