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About this guide Between 1901 and 1983, thousands of unaccompanied young People, mainly from Britain, came or were sent to Australia as permanent settlers. For some it was a fresh start and relief from grinding poverty; for others it was a heart breaking, wrench from family. Records in the collection of the National Archives of Australia are a rich source of information about the processes of government decision-making and administrative practice on child migration, as well as the service organisations and churches that sponsored the children and provided for their education, placement, and after-care.
About the author
Barry Coldrey completed his tertiary studies at Melbourne University. His PhD, completed in 1985 and published in 1988 as Faith and Fatherland by Gill and Macmillan, concerned the influence of the Christian Brothers on Irish revolutionary nationalism from 1838 to 1921 . Since 1989 he has been researching child migration and related issues and has published a number of books and articles on the subject.
