If I may stick my nose in here some were also sent to Fairbridge in WA will see if I can find an addy for themPat Dolan Perth On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Ruth Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > Yes it was so very sad. None of the families from Ireland that I am > researching have anything to do with them. I just remember so vividly those > little boys. They were ever so sweet. I just hope that my mother's kindness > brought some happiness into their lives. Being Catholic we were asked by > the > local Priest to open our homes which is what many of us di did in Palmyra > & > East Fremantle and no doubt many other suburbs of Perth & Fremantle.. > > I have also discovered that many of them were also sent to New Zealand. > > The sites you have mentioned Jim will be of great help to many familis who > are researching that subject. > Kind regards, > Ruth > New Zealand but actually from Western Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jim" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Children sent out to Australia and New Zealand > > > Hi Betty and Ruth > Some of these were addressed by the Forgotton Australians apology by Kevin > Rudd PM he also did an apology to Indigenous Australians called Rudd's > sorry > speech to the stolen generation, there's lots on google about the history. > > http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/ > > http://forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au/apology.html > > http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/PDF/MiniAfaBooklet.pdf > > Parragirls and Female factories is where a lot of orphans ended up. > Female factory in Sydney > http://www.parragirls.org.au/ > > The Benevolent society have many records held at the Mitchell Library > Sydney > as many of the children were assisted by christian organisations. > > http://www.bensoc.org.au/index.cfm > > how to access records > http://www.bensoc.org.au/uploads/documents/archive-access-letter1.pdf > > > > > > --- On Mon, 3/1/11, Ruth Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Ruth Warner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Children sent out to Australia and New Zealand > To: [email protected] > Received: Monday, 3 January, 2011, 5:31 AM > > > Hi Betty, > I know that many children were sent to Western Australia. The main places > they were sent to were Bindoon & Clontarf. > In the 50's we had a number of the children spend a weekend with us. My > mother would send them back with clothes,comics, fruit & sweets. She had a > local store in Palmyra, Western Australia. > Alas I am unable to remember their names or where they came from. > Now when I read about those "Lost Children" I just wish that I had been > more > aware of what was going on. I myself was just a teenager so wasn't too > interested at the time. > They have had a great deal of publicity over the latter years. Perhaps if > you contacted some of Government Agencies they may be able to help for > there > must be lists of these children. > Happy New Year to everyone. > Ruth > New Zealand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ms Betty Fredericks" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:59 AM > Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Children sent out to Australia and New Zealand > > > > Hello, > > > > I just wanted to remind researchers that for many years the U.K. "shipped > > out" or "flew out" - needy children - to other countries or colonies. In > > Canada, this "child migrant scheme" went on from 1860's to 1940's. I'm > > told that, for Australia and New Zealand, it mostly went on from 1900 to > > 1970. But, I recently read that children without parents might have been > > to that part of the world starting in the mid-1800's. > > > > The archives of the "British Home Children" List has 10 years of > > information and stories to read. And last fall I started up a new List, > > called CHILD-MIGRANTS-UK. It is for discussing all the children sent > > to every part of the world. The U.K. also sent them to South Africa, > > (now-called) Zimbabwe, and Malta, etc. And, many initially went to > > Canada and made their own way down to the United States. > > > > An FYI is that over 100,000 "needy children" went to Canada, and you can > > assume that over 150,000 needy children were "shipped out" of the U.K. - > > for probably 150 years ! And, if there was room on the ships, older > > teens and young adults could get on the ships with them. > > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3351 - Release Date: 01/01/11 > 08:34:00 > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 5563 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3354 - Release Date: 01/02/11 > 20:34:00 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- I,m older than I feel and I,m younger than I look Please remove all previous addy/s