Hello, I don't remember whether I've asked this question recently. But, I wondered if there is any information, or any data base, which tells of the ships which carried the "Former Child Migrants." I'm not sure of the years this particular scheme went on, but I had thought it was in the 1910 to 1960 timeframe. I've had trouble before finding a web site which had a good history of this "Child Migration Scheme" which involved sending the children from the United Kingdom to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Malta, etc. But, I just now found this web site. But, I'm surprised it only mentions the 1938 to 1950 timeframe. http://www.childmigrantstrust.com/our-work/child-migration-history I clicked on other things on that web site and see the scheme went on possibly up to 1970. Another web site reminds us of all the "ABUSE" those children suffered from - which was slightly different from what happened in Canada. When the ships left the U.K. and were heading to Canada, there were sometimes 300 to 500 "unwanted children" on each ship. Young adults were sometimes allowed to get on the ships with them - if there was room. So, I'm curious whether that many "unwanted children" were on a particular ship heading to Australia. Or, were they put on a ship which was already heading there with other passengers? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Betty, Our own Marj Kohli would be able to address most of your questions, but she is away from her computer at present. Marj has a wonderful website Young Immigrants to Canada http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html And she has written a fabulous book on the subject The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1839 from Dundurn Press October 2003. http://www.dundurn.com/books/golden_bridge Regards, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 06:23 AM 2010-05-28 -0400, Betty wrote: >Hello, > >I don't remember whether I've asked this question recently. But, I >wondered if there is any information, or any data base, which tells of the >ships which carried the "Former Child Migrants." I'm not sure of the >years this particular scheme went on, but I had thought it was in the 1910 >to 1960 timeframe. > >I've had trouble before finding a web site which had a good history of this >"Child Migration Scheme" which involved sending the children from the United >Kingdom to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Malta, etc. But, I just now >found this web site. But, I'm surprised it only mentions the 1938 to 1950 >timeframe. > >http://www.childmigrantstrust.com/our-work/child-migration-history > >I clicked on other things on that web site and see the scheme went on >possibly up to 1970. Another web site reminds us of all the "ABUSE" >those children suffered from - which was slightly different from what >happened in Canada. > >When the ships left the U.K. and were heading to Canada, there were >sometimes 300 to 500 "unwanted children" on each ship. Young adults were >sometimes allowed to get on the ships with them - if there was room. >So, I'm curious whether that many "unwanted children" were on a particular >ship heading to Australia. Or, were they put on a ship which was >already heading there with other passengers? > >Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)