Fairbridge Society (1909 - )

From

c. 1909

Categories

Care Provider, Sending Agency

Location

Australia

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.