Depraved family came to attention in Victoria Disused children's toys on the remote campsite in southern New South Wales. MEMBERS of the family found living in a depraved enclave of incest and neglect came to the attention of Victorian authorities in the 1990s, it has been revealed. But, a source says, nothing was proven at the time. Now 12 children aged five to 15 have been removed from the family in New South Wales. Genetic testing shows that 11 of them have parents who are related. Some could be the offspring of siblings, parent and child or even grandparent and grandchild. In Victoria, police found another member of the family in a caravan park. She claimed that her brother fathered her children. Two of the children have been taken into care, according to a court judgment, and testing has confirmed that their parents are closely related. Another child died from a rare genetic disease. Part of the remote campsite in southern New South Wales. In a case that has send shock waves around the world, the family has moved around Australia and been allowed to swell to almost 40 members. When police and child protection workers visited a farm in the rural New South Wales last year, what they uncovered was horrifying. Living in caravans, a garden shed and tents, this family had ballooned through an entrenched culture of intergenerational incest. There are claims of widespread sexual abuse among members of the family. The floor of one caravan was caked with mud, dirt cigarette butts and rubbish. Beds and cooking facilities were filthy. A barbecue gas heater was being used to keep the children warm. In a large shed, a young kangaroo slept on one of the children's beds. A children's play area on the campsite in southern New South Wales. The children were dirty, shy and unable to make eye contact. The speech of some of the teenagers was unintelligible and their basic schooling had been neglected. Some of them had fungal infections, intellectual disabilities, were malnourished, needed urgent dental work and did not understand basic hygiene, like how to use a toilet or a toothbrush or what toilet paper was for. A 15-year-old boy was still soiling himself and wetting his bed. He was considered to be operating at kindergarten level. The 12 children were removed from their four mothers. A caravan and shed at the campsite. They deny claims of sexual abuse or that the children are the result of incest, claiming the fathers died, were itinerant workers, backpackers and holiday-makers or that they simply could not remember their names. In handing down his decision on the fate of the 12 children, a judge said there was a "high level of possibility" that allegations of sexual abuse at the farm were true. The children have told of witnessing sex acts among the members of the family, being exposed to pornography, of being subjected to horrific sexual abuse and of torturing and mutilating animals. A NSW court has ordered that the 12 children, ranging in age from five to 15, be placed in care until they turn 18. The court heard that townspeople had been raising concerns about the family since the 1990s as they travelled around Australia between South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New South Wales. Tammy, who fled to Victoria, claims she, her sisters, cousins and niece were regularly abused on the farm, including by the teenage boys. She claimed her mother, Betty, encouraged the sexual abuse. At the eleventh hour, Betty claimed that her maternal grandparents were brother and sister. The court heard the claim described as "highly convenient" and motivated by a desire to discredit the genetic testing results. Pseudonyms have been used to protect the identities of the children