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The Forgotten Children

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Forgotten Children

By David Hill

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About the book

In 1959 David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living in Sussex - reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in Australia 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 o...Show more

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ISBN

9781760631321

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published year

2017

Language

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1

Original title

The Forgotten Children

Format

Paperback

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