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|Image = RobertFarquharson.jpg
|Image = RobertFarquharson.jpg
|fullname = Robert Donald William Farquharson
|fullname = Robert Donald William Farquharson
|type of villain = Vengeful Child Murderer
|type of villain = Child murderer
|origin = Victoria, Australia
|origin = Victoria, Australia
|crimes = Three Counts of [[Murder]]<br>[[Torture]]
|crimes = 3 Counts of [[Murder]]
}}
}}


'''Robert Farquharson''' is a father of three who was murdered his three sons on September 4, 2005. He deliberately drove his car, a white 1989 VN Commodore, into a farm dam with his three sons in it, crashing and eventually sinking into a nearby pond. The three sons eventually drowned to death.
'''Robert Farquharson''' is a father of three who was murdered his three sons on September 4, 2005. He deliberately drove his car, a white 1989 VN Commodore, into a farm dam with his three sons in it, crashing and eventually sinking into a nearby pond. The three sons evenutally drowned to death.
 
He was later arrested and found guilty of the murders in 2007. He was ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment with a 33 year minimum on October 15, 2010.
 
== Early life ==
'''Robert Donald William Farquharson''' was born in 1969. As a child, he had limited athletic skills, was protected by older siblings, small for his age and had bad eyesight, as well as an awkward gait. His mother appears to have shared some of his traits and may have used alcohol to cope with her anxiety. The youngest of four children, Farquharson was indulged and mollycoddled by his mother and older siblings.


He was later arrested and found guilty of the murders in 2007. He was ultimately sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment without parole.
== Victims ==
== Victims ==
*Jai Farquharson (age 10)
*Jai Farquharson (age 10)
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*He is the subject of the 2014 book, ''House of Grief'', by Helen Garner, in which the work is based off of the murders of Farquharson's three children.
*He is the subject of the 2014 book, ''House of Grief'', by Helen Garner, in which the work is based off of the murders of Farquharson's three children.
*He was additionally convicted in 2000 for molesting a little girl 13 years of age that was his neighbor.
*He was additionally convicted in 2000 for molesting a little girl 13 years of age that was his neighbor.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Jai-Bailey-TylerFarquharson.jpg|alt=Jai, Bailey and Tyler Farquharson|Jai, Bailey and Tyler Farquharson
File:FarquharsonGravestone.jpg|Headstone for the Farquharson boys. Note Robert's name has been vandalized.
File:FarquharsonCar.jpg|Farquharson's car retrieved from the dam.
File:FarquharsonTribute.jpg|A remembrance tribute for Jai, Bailey and Tyler.
</gallery>
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