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Australian Capital Territory - Glossary Term
Child Migrant (1913 - 1968)
- From
- 1913
- To
- 1968
- Location
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Australian Capital Territory
The term child migrant refers to children who were sent from Britain to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries through various child migration schemes. More than 100,000 children were impacted by the schemes beginning in the 1860s. It is estimated that more than 7,000 children were sent to Australia unaccompanied by parents and under the guardianship of the Federal Minister for Immigration (in 1946) and the relevant State Department (after 1947).
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These children had no family ties or contacts in Australia. Child migration schemes were run by charitable and religious organisations who held the belief that the lives of the children sent overseas would improve. They were supported by governments for which these schemes supplied much needed population and labour.While the outcomes for children varied, all experienced separation and displacement from family and homeland. The Australian Parliament delivered a formal apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants at a remembrance event in Canberra on Monday 16 November 2009.
- Collection Title
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Oral History Project (2009 - 2012)
- Date Range
- 2009 - 2012
- Reference
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4707359
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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- Collection Title
- Barnardos Australia, Records (1883? - )
- Date Range
- 1883 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Barnardos Australia (Aftercare Office):
Postal Address: Barnardos After Care, GPO Box 9996, Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: (02) 9281 7933 or 1800 061 000
Email: aftercare@barnardos.org.au
Website: http://www.barnardos.org.au/what-we-do/supporting-old-boys-and-girls/
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