Awards
- Short-listed for Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Historical & Critical Studies 2000
- Shortlisted for Western Australian Premier's Book Award: Historical & Critical Studies 2000.
- Shortlisted for Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Historical & Critical Studies 2000.
Overview
In the half-century after 1913 approximately 5,000 children were sent from Britain to Australia, Canada and Rhodesia under the auspices of the Child Emigration Society, established by the South African-born Kingsley Fairbridge in 1909. The Fairbridge Society's 'child emigration' scheme became the best known and most celebrated of the twentieth-century juvenile migration schemes from Britain to the Imperial Dominions. This study investigates the motives for the establishment of the Fairbridge child migration scheme, examines its history in Australia and Canada, and outlines the experiences of many of the former child migrants. The book is based upon extensive research in the PRO and government archives in Australia and Canada as well as archives of the Fairbridge Society in England, Western Australia and New South Wales, plus surviving records of the Society in British Columbia and on interviews with former Fairbridge children. This detailed and scholarly examination places such a significant scheme as Fairbridge's clearly in its historical context. Oral history, interviews and photographs complement the documentary research.
Full Product Details
Author: Chris Jeffery ,
Geoffrey Sherington
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge Falmer
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780713040364
ISBN 10: 071304036
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 June 1998
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Geoffrey Sherington is Dean of the Faculty of Education and holds a personal chair in the history of education at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author or co-author of 14 books and 50 articles in the general fields of history of education, history of immigration and educational policy. For the past decade he has had a particular interest in the British child and youth migration schemes of the twentieth century. Chris Jeffery is a Researcher for the State Archives and the Fremantlc Arts Centre Press for the publication of archival documents. She is the author or co-author of several books and journal articles, and is currently preparing Edward Townley Hardman, Geologist for publication.
