Re the CBS piece... it was stated that the shipment of the children
was done by the British government in partnership with the church
at the request of the Australian government, which wanted "anglo"
children to combat the expected (and feared) tide of Asians to Australia.
And this was in 1947.
-Melinda Skinner

-----Original Message-----
From: Madaline Preston [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bound Children


--On Friday, February 15, 2002 9:27 AM -0500 "Donna Lucey / Henry Wiencek"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It is my belief, which I stated in "Hairstons," that slavery of children
> survived in practice for a brief time after the war.  Children who had
> become separated from their parents for whatever reason were bound over
> as apprentices to farmers, and even when a child's parents later
> appeared and asked for custody they could not obtain it.

Did you see CBS 60 Minutes program recently on the 10,000 English children
who shipped to Australia starting in the 1940s?  According to CBS they were
told their parents were dead and were put to work building for the
Christian Brothers/Catholics.  Underfed, driven to work, abused!
Slavery!
Mitzie

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Preston, Madaline H
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