A01=Chris Jeffery
A01=Geoffrey Sherington
address
Author_Chris Jeffery
Author_Geoffrey Sherington
Bacchus Marsh
Barnardo Children
battye
Black Watch
British child migration schemes analysis
British colonial history
Category=JBFH
Category=JBSP1
Category=JBSP2
Category=JPVC
Category=NHTB
Child Emigrants
Child Migration
Child Migration Schemes
child welfare policy
cottage
Cottage Mother
Dominions Office
emigrants
Empire Settlement Act
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Fair Bridge
Fairbridge
Fairbridge Farm
Fairbridge Farm School
Fairbridge Society
farm
Farm School
Farm School Society
forced child relocation
Gordon Green
imperial education systems
kingsley
Kingsley Fairbridge
library
Local Advisory Board
London County Council Education Committee
migration studies
Rhodes Scholar
school
social history Australia
South Mrica
unknown
Voluntary Societies
Western Australian
young
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780713002065
- Weight: 1000g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This study investigates the motives for the establishment of the Fairbridge child migration scheme, examines its history in Australia and Canada, and outlines the experiences of many of the former child migrants.
Geoffrey Sherington is Dean of the Faculty of Education and holds a personal chair in the history of education at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author or co-author of 14 books and 50 articles in the general fields of history of education, history of immigration and educational policy. For the past decade he has had a particular interest in the British child and youth migration schemes of the twentieth century.
Chris Jeffery is a Researcher for the State Archives and the Fremantlc Arts Centre Press for the publication of archival documents. She is the author or co-author of several books and journal articles, and is currently preparing Edward Townley Hardman, Geologist for publication.
