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[TSL] Ships which Carried "Former Child Migrants" ??
"Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> on 05/28/2010

Hello,

I don't remember whether I've asked this question recently.    But, I 
wondered if there is any information, or any data base, which tells of the 
ships which carried the  "Former Child Migrants."     I'm not sure of the 
years this particular scheme went on, but I had thought it was in the 1910 
to 1960 timeframe.

I've had trouble before finding a web site which had a good history of this 
"Child Migration Scheme" which involved sending the children from the United 
Kingdom to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Malta, etc.    But, I just now 
found this web site.   But, I'm surprised it only mentions the 1938 to 1950 
timeframe.

http://www.childmigrantstrust.com/our-work/child-migration-history

I clicked on other things on that web site and see the scheme went on 
possibly up to 1970.     Another web site reminds us of all the "ABUSE" 
those children suffered from -  which was slightly different from what 
happened in Canada.

When the ships left the U.K. and were heading to Canada,  there were 
sometimes 300 to 500 "unwanted children" on each ship.     Young adults were 
sometimes allowed to get on the ships with them - if there was room. 
So, I'm curious whether that many "unwanted children" were on a particular 
ship heading to Australia.      Or,  were they put on a ship which was 
already heading there with other passengers?

Betty        (near Lowell, MA, USA)





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