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The original Barracks at the Insane Asylum

The Barracks housed patients until 1952.

Tresca boys put their clothes away after school

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent able to care for them. Tresca will accommodate…

Tresca boys with a Merino sheep

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent able to care for them. Tresca will accommodate…

The first 5 children to arrive at Tresca

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society this month extended its child migration scheme to Tasmania. The Society has taken over and modernised “Tresca”, near Launceston. This will be in addition to farm schools for British migrant children at Molong, NSW and at Pinjarra,…

Tresca boys trying to catch a frog

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent unable to care for them. [Two boys] try…

Tresca boys with the Warden, Harry Richmond, and his wife on the verandah

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent able to care for them. Tresca will accommodate…

Morning coffee at Tresca

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmaina, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent unable to care for them. Morning coffee for…

Boys in the playroom at Tresca

[Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent able to care for them. Tresca will accommodate…