Empty Cradles | Find and Connect

Publication Resource Details

Author
Humphreys, Margaret
Publication Date
1994
Publisher
Doubleday
Place Published
London; Sydney
Page Numbers
331
ISBN ISSN
0385404522
Description
This landmark book is about the foundation of the Child Migrants Trust and its campaigns to win recognition of the fate of thousands of youth and child migrants.

Empty Cradles is also published under the title Oranges and Sunshine. In 2010 the book was made into a major fiim titled Oranges and Sunshine.

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Oranges and Sunshine
Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 4 June 1998 (Health - Third Report)
The Minutes of Evidence include mention to the book Empty Cradles.

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