The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia...

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David Hill

The Forgotten Children

Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia

David Hill

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Heinemann
01 April 2008

True stories; History; Child abuse; Migration, immigration & emigration

B-format of one of 2007's Australian non-fiction bestsellers.

In 1959 David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living in England - reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was led to believe, they would have a good education and a better life. David was lucky - his mother was able to follow him out to Australia - but for most children, the reality was shockingly different. From 1938 to 1974 thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge to solve the problem of child poverty in Britain while populating the colony. Now many of those children have decided to speak out. Physical and sexual abuse was not uncommon. Loneliness was rife. Food was often inedible. The standard of education was appalling. Here, for the first time, is the story of the lives of the Fairbridge children, from the bizarre luxury of the voyage out to Australia to the harsh reality of the first days there; from the crushing daily routine to stolen moments of freedom and the struggle that defined life after leaving the school. This remarkable book is both a tribute to the children who were betrayed by an ideal that went terribly awry and a compelling account of an extraordinary episode in Australian-British History.

By: David Hill
Imprint: Heinemann
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781741666144
ISBN 10: 1741666147
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 April 2008
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

During his remarkable career, DAVID HILL has been Chairman, then Managing Director of the ABC, Chairman of the Australian Football Association, Chief Executive and Director of the State Rail Authority NSW and Chairman of Sydney Water Corporation and Chairman of CREATE - a national organisation responsible for representing the interests of young people and children in institutional care. He is the author of one previous book, the bestselling THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN (Random House, 2007). He lives in Sydney.