WebIt was agreed that the London Fairbridge Society would be responsible for recruiting children fromBritain for the scheme and for providing financial support. Australia agreed … Home Children was the child migration scheme founded by Annie MacPherson in 1869, under which more than 100,000 children were sent from the United Kingdom to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. The programme was largely discontinued in the 1930s, but not entirely terminated until the 1970s. Later research, beginning in the 1980s, exposed abuse and hardships of the relocated children…

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WebOn their own - Britain's child migrants. From the 1860s, more than 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries through child migration schemes. Few were orphans; many came from families who were unable to care for them. With the belief that the lives of these children would improve, charitable ... WebServices are free, confidential, and completely independent from any of the agencies responsible for the deportation of children through Commonwealth Child Migration schemes. A National service is provided by telephone, office interviews and outreach visits from our services based in Victoria and Western Australia. song about hating someone

1. A brief history of child migration IICSA Independent Inquiry …

http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MurUEJL/2002/47.html WebIn my research I examine one such child migration scheme, namely a project which sent select British children (aged 4 to 13) to colonial Southern Rhodesia—today’s Zimbabwe—between 1946 and 1962. WebWhy were children sent to Canada in 1869-1913? Old Bailey records reveal that thousands of children were transported to Australia as criminals between 1787 and 1868. However, … song about growing old