| ID | Code | Title | Author | Description | Home(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14004 | CM1 | CM1 | |||
| 14005 | CM2 | A Chip off What Block? – A Child Migrant’s Tale | Laurie Humphreys, 2007 | The true account of Laurie Humphreys' early life coming to Australia as a child migrant from England in 1947. The book details his activities in political and union wings of the labour movement and his long service on the Cockburn Council. | Nazareth House Orphanage at Southampton England & Boys' Town Bindoon run by the Christian Brothers Western Australia |
| 14006 | CM3 | a decent set of girls’ – The Irish Famine Orphans of the ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ 1849-1850 | Richard Reid & Cheryl Mongan, Yass Heritage Project, 1996 | A collection of material about a transition made by 194 young Irish orphan girls from the famine environment of the south-west of Ireland in 1849 to new lives in New South Wales. | - |
| 14007 | CM4 | CM4 | |||
| 14008 | CM5 | Barnardos Down Under Newsletters from December 2003, June 2004, December 2004, June 2005, December 2005 | Barnardos, Ultimo NSW, 2003-2005 | Includes editorials, personal stories and Barnardos' run reunions for former Child Migrants. | - |
| 14009 | CM6 | British Child Migrants in New South Wales Catholic Orphanages | Marion Fox, History of Education Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1996 | An essay on the British Child Migrants, their institutionalisation, the Catholic Church's responsibility for Child Migrants, their care and education of Child Migrants. | Catholic Church based institutions St John's at Thurgoona, Murray-Dwyer at Mayfield, St Vincent's at Westmead, St Joseph's at Lane Cove, Monte Pio at Maitland, St Brigid's at Ryde, St Patrick's at Armidale, St Joseph's at Kenmore, St John's at South Goulburn, Mater Dei at Narellan, St John's at Cowper & St Anne's at Liverpool |
| 14010 | CM7 | Stolen Childhoods – The Story of the Child Migration Scheme | Child Migrants Trust, 2011 | A booklet describing the history of Child Migrants from Britain under the Child Migration Scheme. | Bindoon Boys' Town run by the Christian Brothers, Western Australia |
| 14011 | CM8 | By Then I Was Thirteen | Derrick (Taffy) Rees, Lexington Avenue, 1999 | A passionate Welsh/Australian story of a Child Migrant from Wales. | Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra Western Australia |
| 14012 | CM9 | Child Migrant Information | Various | A personal story of John Hennessy, a pamphlet on the Child Migrant Central Information Index London, Project Information Sheet and a submission to the Senate re Inquiry into Child Migration by Dr Stephen Constantine. | Bindoon Boys' Town run by the Christian Brothers, Western Australia |
| 14013 | CM10 | CM10 | |||
| 14014 | CM11 | CM11 | |||
| 14015 | CM12 | C’mon Over – Voluntary Child Migrants from Tilbury to Sydney, 1921 to 1965 | Ann Howard, Tarka Publishing, 2002 | A book that draws on the original material from Child Migrants from being sent from Dr Barnardos Homes in the UK to Australia. | Barnardos Homes, England, Mowbray Park Farm School in NSW, Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia |
| 14016 | CM13 | Empty Cradles | Margaret Humphreys, Corgi Books, 1994 | A book on both the lost children of Britain and a powerful testament to Margaret Humphreys' astonishing dedication, compassion and stubborn courage. Humphreys founded the Child Migrants Trust. | Nazareth House in London, Bindoon Boys' Town run by the Christian Brothers in Western Australia, Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia &St Joseph's in Clontarf Western Australia |
| 14017 | CM14 | CM14 | |||
| 14018 | CM15 | Feathers of the Snow Angel – Memories of a Child in Exile | Lionel Pearce, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2002 | Memories of Lionel Pierce at his time at Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia. | Fairbridge Farm School, Western Australia |
| 14019 | CM16 | Five Stories – Remembering Childhood Removal from Homeland by Former British Child Migrants | Editors Dr Carol Irizarry & Dr Effy Kleanthi, Australian Centre for Community Services Research, 2004 | Five personal stories of former British Child Migrants include stories from Bridget Claire Boyd (nee Benfield), Margaret Attard (nee Allen), Maureen Byles (nee Deeley), Pat Carlson (nee Russell) and Sylvia Randall (nee Burke). | Goodwood Orphanage run by the Sisters of Mercy in South Australia |
| 14020 | CM17 | Flo – Child Migrant from Liverpool | Flo Hickson & edited by Ann Bott, Plowright Press, 1998 | Flo Hickson's account of being placed in Barardos at age five then two years later was sent to Australia's Fairbridge Farm School. | Fairbridge Farm School, Western Australia |
| 14021 | CM18 | Geordie: Orphan of the Empire | Lionel P. Welsh, P & B Press, 1988 | The author was transported from a Catholic Orphanage in England as a British Child Migrant to Bindoon in Western Australia at eleven in 1947. The book describes life at Bindoon and his life afterwards spent in an alcoholic haze. | Bindoon Boys' Town run by the Christian Brothers, Western Australia |
| 14022 | CM19 | Good British Stock – Child and Youth Migration to Australia | Barry Coldrey, National Archives of Australia, 1999 | A guide details the Australian immigration policy, Child Migration overview and timeline, guide to records and genealogical sources. | Fairbridge Farm School Molong NSW, Barnardo's Homes, Tardun & more |
| 14023 | CM20 | Goodbye, Mummy Darling – The true story of a little girl sent to Australia under the Child Migration Scheme | Susan Tickner, Moran Publications, 2003 | The author Susan Tickner was born in Cheltenham, and at the age of three she was fostered out to several institutions in the UK. At age nine she was sent to Australia as a Child Migrant. | Swan Homes, England |
| 14024 | CM21 | CM21 | |||
| 14025 | CM22 | Lost Children of the Empire – The Untold Story of Britain’s Child Migrants | Philip Bean & Joy Melville, Trade Division of Unwin Hyman, 1989 | This book traces the transportation of British Child Migrants to the British Empire back to the year 1618, details personal stories of the experiences and abuse suffered by Child Migrants and chapter 9 focuses on Australia titled 'Australia: The Lost Souls'. | Dr Barnard's Home in London, Fairbridge Farm School in Molong NSW, Goodwood Orphanage, Christian Brothers' institutions: Tardun, Bindoon & Clontarf |
| 14026 | CM23 | My Life | Mary Keel | The life story of Mary Keel who was placed into a Home after the Second World War and her journey from Great Britain at the age of seven to Australia as a British Child Migrant. | Rockhampton Home & St Joseph's Home Neerkol, QLD |
| 14027 | CM24 | New Lives for Old – The Story of Britain’s Child Migrants | Roger Kershaw & Janet Sacks, The National Archives, Kew, 2008 | This book tells the story of the Child Migrant practice from the accounts of those involved and authentic records of the time. The book considers the role the different organisations played but most importantly the experiences of the children themselves. | Fairbridge Farm Schools at Molong, NSW & Pinjarra, Western Australia |
| 14028 | CM25 | CM25 | |||
| 14029 | CM26 | Orphans of the Empire – The Shocking Story of Child Migration to Australia | Alan Gill, Random House Australia, 1998 | A book that tells of the shocking yet compelling true story of the thousands of men and women who came to Australia as Child Migrants and so called 'orphans'. The book examines the politics of child migration at the government level and the denominational numbers game played by the churches. | The Pines Home for Wayward Girls run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in South Australia, Nazareth House in Geraldton Western Australia, St Joseph's Orphanage in Subiaco Western Australia & more |
| 14030 | CM27 | Orphans of the Queen | Ruth Starke, Lothian Books, 2004 | Sunshine. Plenty of food. And nice uncles and aunties to look after you...' That's what Hilly and the other children in her English orphanage are promised when they are shipped to Australia to begin a new life. The reality turns out to be very different. Hilly and her little brother Egg are separated, and she finds herself in another orphanage where life is harsh and often cruel. When the first Royal Tour of Australia is announced, Hilly concocts a daring plan to meet Her Majesty and enlist her help in finding Egg. A work of fiction based on the real experiences of Child Migrants. | - |
| 14031 | CM28 | Pebble on the Beach | Tony Diamond, QueenSpark Publishers, 2006 | Pebble on the Beach is a true story of one boy's ability to survive. Growing up in Brighton, England, Tony was subjected to a childhood of physical and mental and sexual abuse - including electric shock treatment at the age of ten - abandoned by his family at fifteen, and sent to Australia to fend for himself. Unable to settle, wandering from place to place, he plotted his return to England, but an ill-fated attempt to stow away led to imprisonment in New Zealand and his eventual deportation. Having visited four continents, survived four brushes with death and a journey of 30.000 miles, he arrived back in England profoundly changed - But were things at home any different? | - |
| 14032 | CM29 | Riding on a Rainbow | Ronald Slaney, Research Publications, 1997 | A factual story of a group of children solicited from orphanages in the British Isles at a time when the Second World War was imminent. | Northcote Village in Baccus Marsh Victoria |
| 14033 | CM30 | Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Child Migration | Barry M Coldrey | Submission to Senate inquiry on the Child Migration Scheme. | Fairbridge Farm School Pinjarra at Western Australia, Dr Barnardo's Children's Homes NSW, St Augustine's Orphanage in Geelong Victoria, Boys' Town at Glenorchy Tasmania & Bindoon Farm School |
| 14034 | CM31 | CM31 | |||
| 14035 | CM32 | CM32 | |||
| 14036 | CM33 | The Dirty Bloody Jizzy: An Autobiography | John R. Bicknell, 2003 | An autobiography of the life of John R. Bicknell's whose life started as a British Child Migrant sent to Australia in 1949. | Dr. Barnardos Homes, Mowbray Park in NSW |
| 14037 | CM34 | The Forgotten Children – Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Australia’s Child Migrants | David Hill, Random House Australia, 2007 | Children of the poor sent to Australia without love. David Hill amasses evidence of brutality and slavery to which they turned eyes blinded by their own righteousness. A compelling and moving account of how institutional cruelty was covered up by secrecy and wishful thinking. | Fairbridge Farm School, NSW |
| 14038 | CM35 | The Life and Times of Tommy Hayden | Tommy Hayden | A self-published book on Tommy Hayden's institutionalisation in a Catholic orphanage at the age of two and his experience of being transported to Western Australia when he was eleven years of age. | Tardun & Clontarf run by the Christian Brothers |
| 14039 | CM36 | CM36 | |||
| 14040 | CM37 | The Long Way Home | Jo Bailey & Ronnie Sabin, 2010 | The inspiring and heart-warming story of a British Child Migrant who took fifty-five years to make it home. | Fairbridge Farm School, Molong NSW |
| 14041 | CM38 | Three Suitcases and a Three-Year-Old | Ann Mihkelson, Kangaroo Press, 1999 | An optimistic account of how, out of tragedy, identity can be reclaimed. Ann Mihkelson's parent's fled their homeland of Estonia at the end of the Second World War. Ann visits her parents' homeland and relatives for the first time. | - |
| 14042 | CM39 | Trust Me – A Heartrending Saga of Love and Betrayal | Lesley Pearse, Penguin Group, 2001 | A powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy of two sisters transported to an Australian orphanage from England. | Afterword mentions Bindoon, Tardun, Clontarf & Castledare Orphanages |
| 14043 | CM40 | The Bush Orphanage – Recollections of a British Child Migrant and the truth about Australia’s human trafficking past | John Hawkins, JoJo Publishing, 2009 | This book is divided into two parts. Part one describes the life journey of John Hawkins a child migrant and Part two is the story of child migration to Australia. | Castledare & Tardun Boys' Orphanage |
| 14044 | CM41 | After Barnardo – Voluntary child migrants from Tilbury to Sydney, 1921 to 1965 | Ann Howard & Eric Leonard, TARKA Publishing, 1999 | A history of the British child migration scheme and Barnardos role with case studies of individual profiles of children raised in Barnardos Home and those who were fostered out. | Barnardos Homes in Britain & Australia & Mowbray Park Farm School |
| 14045 | CM42 | The Boat to Boys Town | Peter Allsopp & David Despard, | The authors of this short booklet were on the second boatload of orphans sent to Australia by the British Government in 1952. They write about their memories of the journey and of their lives at Boys' Town. | Boys' Town, Glenorchy Tasmania run by the Salesian Fathers |
| 14046 | CM43 | Oranges & Sunshine | Margaret Humphreys, First published in Great Britain in 1994 by Doubleday as Empty Cradles an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Corgi edition reissued as Oranges and Sunshine, 2011 | The social worker Margaret Humphreys from Nottingham investigates a woman's claim that she was sent to Australia by the British Government. Margaret discovers the Child Migration Scheme of 150,000 children deported to distant parts of the Empire. | Bindoon Boys' Town Western Australia & Fairbridge Farm School in Molong NSW |
| 14047 | CM44 | The Foundling Museum | The Foundling Museum | A book detailing the history of the Foundling Hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children. | The Foundling Hospital, London |
| 14048 | CM45 | Counting the Cost – Christian Brothers & Child Care in Australian Orphanages | Bruce Blyth, P & B Press, 1999 | Is an unabridged copy of VOICES' (a group of survivors) submission to the House of Commons Health Committee during its investigation into the welfare of former British Child Migrants. | Boys' Town Bindoon, Contarf, Tardun, Castledare run by the Christian Brothers in Western Australia & Neerkol Orphanage run by the Sisters of Mercy, QLD |
| 14049 | CM46 | CM46 | |||
| 14050 | CM47 | Likely Lads & Lasses – Youth Migration to Australia 1911-1983 | Alan Gill, BBM, 2005 | A book by the author of Orphans of the Empire on the Dreadnought Scheme followed by the Big Brother Movement which operated on the basis of a settled, adult Australian taking on a guardian role for unaccompanied migrant youths. | Karmsley Training School, Fairbridge Farm Schools at Molong & Pinjarra, NSW |
| 14051 | CM48 | Stolen Innocence – Memories of a Child Migrant | Nigel Owen, 2018 | This is a memoir of Nigel Owen (Powell)'s life as a Child Migrant and how he was sent to Australia at the age of five in 1955 with his siblings to a life of abuse and brutality. This book is a true story of his time during this horrific part of hidden British history. | Northcote Farm School in Glenmore, Victoria |
| 14052 | CM49 | The Long Journey – A True Story | Paddy Monaghan, 2015 | This is the true story of Patrick Monaghan's life from deportation, when he was still a boy, from his home country to Australia as part of the notorious Child Migration Scheme and his overcoming of often brutal treatment in the farms and boys' Homes in Western Australia to begin a family and establish his own fishing business. | Tardun Farm School & Clontarf, Western Australia |
| 14053 | CM50 | Child Migrants | - | Background and history of the child migrants sent from the British Isles to Fremantle, Western Australia as well as newspaper clippings. | Boys' Town Bindoon, Western Australia |
| 14054 | CM51 | CM51 | |||
| 14055 | CM52 | Lost Innocents: Righting the Record – Report on child migration | Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, August 2001 | A Report on the Child Migration to Australia in 20th Century, Child Migrant experience, their search for their identity, responsibility & reparations, services required by Child Migrants, legal actions, limitation periods and recognition of Child Migrants. | - |
| 14056 | CM53 | Child Migrant News Newsletter | Child Migrants Trust, February, 2018 | Child migrant newsletter re Inquiries, redress schemes and Commissions into child migrant schemes and institutional abuse in countries such as Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada etc. | - |
| 14057 | CM54 | Institutional experiences of female child migrants in Western Australia between 1947-1955 thesis | Diane Parker, Edith Cowan University, July 2013 | A thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education. The thesis is an investigation into the experiences of female child migrants who were sent to Australia under the British Child Migration Scheme. | St Joseph's Catholic Orphanage run by the Sisters of Mercy, Subiaco, Western Australia |
| 14058 | CM55 | Child Migrant News Newsletter 2 | Child Migrants Trust, December 2010 | Newsletter covering the British Governments' apology by Gordon Brown, reunions of Child Migrants with family members, reflections, photographs from the Australian National Apology in 2009 and a message from the President. | - |
| 14059 | CM56 | Social Issues Refugees and Migrant Issues – Special Issue | Andrew Murray & Marilyn Rock, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 38. No. 2, May 2003 | A commentary piece named 'Child Migration schemes to Australia: A dark and hidden chapter of Australia's history revealed' traces the history, advocacy, and government response to Australia's child migrants. | Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra Western Australia & Tardun Farm School Western Australia |
| 14060 | CM57 | So I Hit Him – Surviving Life as an Institutionalised Alien | Mick Wantham, Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, 2013 | Memoir of Mick's life who lived in children's homes in England in the care of the Home Office and was physically and intellectually disabled. Mick was deported to Australia in 1970 aged 17 years. | Foster care, children's homes in the UK & Big Brother Movement Home in Burwood NSW |
| 14061 | CM58 | Voicing Imperial Order, Identity, and Resistance: The Singing of British Child Migrants | Susanne Quitmann, edited by Josephine Hoegaerts & Janice Schroeder, Walter de Gruyter, 2023 | An essay found in the Ordinary Oralities. Quitmann explores the voices of British Child Migrants, in order to learn about their culture, their notions of home and belonging and what they cared about. | Baranardo's Homes, Pinjarra Fairbridge Farm School, Northcote Farm School, Molong Farm School, Nazareth House |