The Fairbridge Society, London, was involved in the emigration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia, as well as to Canada and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Its founder, Kingsley Fairbridge, was offered land at Pinjarra, south of Perth, by the Western Australian Government in 1911 to pioneer his farm school initiative. Other farm schools were founded over time at Molong, near Orange in New South Wales, and at Glenmore, near Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. In 1957, the Society established a home for child migrants in Exeter, Tasmania, known as Tresca.
Sources used to compile this entry: Coldrey, Barry, Good British stock: child and youth migration to Australia, This is a research guide published by the National Archives of Australia. It contains detailed historical information about Australia's immigration policy and child and youth migration to Australia. It also has information about relevant archival records in Australia and overseas relating to child and youth migration. Specifically, the Guide provides details of the relevant records regarding British and Maltese children, and children migrated through the Polish Jewish Relief Fund. See Chapter 3 for the records held by National Archives of Australia. See Appendix 4 for records held elsewhere, National Archives of Australia, 1999, https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/good-british-stock-child-and-youth-migration-australia.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 11 November 2011, Last modified: 29 February 2016
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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