Cover of The forgotten children

Book 2007

The forgotten children

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Publisher
Random House Australia
Language
English
Published
2007
  • Childhood and youth
  • History
  • Immigrant children
  • Biography
  • Institutional care

During the 38 years the school in Molong was open, thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge to solve the problem of child poverty in the poor regions of Britain while populating the colony. Now many of these children have decided to speak out about the years of misery.