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Western Australia - Organisation
Fairbridge (c. 1909 - 2011)
- From
- c. 1909
- To
- 2011
- Categories
- Care Provider, Non-denominational and Sending Agency
- Alternative Names
- Child Emigration Society (also known as, 1909 - ?)
- Fairbridge (also known as, 1992 - )
- The Fairbridge Drake Society Incorporated (also known as, 1987 - 1992)
- The Fairbridge Society (Inc) (also known as, 1921 - 1987)
The Fairbridge Society was founded by Kingsley Fairbridge (1885-1924), the first Rhodes Scholar from South Africa to attend Oxford University. In response to what he saw as many 'poor children, grubby and exhausted from lack of fresh air and food' in English cities, Kingsley Fairbridge established the 'Child Emigration Society' in 1909.
The organisation became known as the Fairbridge Society, and went on to establish more farm schools in Canada and Australia. The Fairbridge Society ran the farm school at Pinjarra, with a local Western Australian board, from 1913 until the institution closed in 1981.
In 1998, the archives of the Fairbridge Society were 'held and administered' by the University of Liverpool. In their 1998 evidence to the Inquiry into the Welfare of Former British Child Migrants, Fairbridge stated that the Fairbridge Society ceased in 1982, that it was operating under a different constitution but that it continued to own the records of the Fairbridge Society.
In 2011 in Britain, Fairbridge became part of The Prince's Trust.
Publications
Books
- Lane, John, Fairbridge Kid, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 1990. Details
- Sherington, Geoffrey and Jeffery, Chris, Fairbridge : Empire and child migration, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1998. Details
Online Resources
- Fairbridge Village, Fairbridge Western Australia Inc, http://www.fairbridge.asn.au/home/. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 4 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 4 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8060401.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 375 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 1 March 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Companies House, Company Details, Fairbridge, Government of the United Kingdom, 2003, https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00176613. Details
- Fairbridge, 'Memorandum by Fairbridge', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061114.htm. Details
- Health Committee, House of Commons, 'Fairbridge made a submission to the Select Committee on Health Third Report.', Health - Third Report, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 23 July 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/75502.htm. Details
- The Children's Society, 'Memorandum by The Children's Society', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
Photos
- Title
- Enquiry by Mr. John Moss. Points on which information is needed as to provision for the welfare of children emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 10 May 1951
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Details
- Title
- Minutes of conference of representatives of institutions accommodating migrant children
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 25 May 1951
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Details
- Title
- Fairbridge Response to Moss Questionnaire
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 29 May 1951
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Details
- Title
- Moss Report Implementation [Exerpt] - Fairbridge
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 22 January 1954 - 12 July 1954
- Source
- National Archives of Australia,
Details
- Title
- Moss Report [Excerpt] - Pocket Money
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 23 February 1955
- Source
- National Archives of Australia,
Details
- Title
- Moss Report Implementation [Excerpt] - Case Histories
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 18 March 1955
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Details
- Title
- Moss Report Implementation [Excerpt] - Health Examinations
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 21 April 1955
- Source
- National Archives of Australia,
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Companies House, Company Details, Fairbridge, Government of the United Kingdom, 2003, https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00176613;
Fairbridge Village, Fairbridge Western Australia Inc, http://www.fairbridge.asn.au/home/;
Fairbridge, 'Memorandum by Fairbridge', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061114.htm.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill and Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 24 February 2015