Interviews with former child migrants from Britain, 1985-1997

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Interviews with former child migrants from Britain, 1985-1997

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Interviews with former child migrants from Britain, 1985-1997

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Full title

Interviews with former child migrants from Britain, 1985-1997

Date

1985-1997

Call Numbers

MLOH 539

Record Identifier

YRlZGRgn

Reference Code

961227

Formats

Non-Musical Sound Recordings

Physical Description

Contents

54 sound cassettes (54 hrs.)

Other Descriptions

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Item

Access and use

Access Conditions

Partly restricted : MLOH 539/2 - 9, MLOH 539/16 - 18, MLOH 539/22A, MLOH 539/23 - 24, MLOH 539/26 - 28, MLOH 539/31 - 38

Physical Access Conditions

Master only. For access to this oral history collection please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

Subjects

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Scope and Contents

Contents

These interviews were recorded in the course of research for the book 'Fairbridge : Empire and child migration', by Geoffrey Sherington and Chris Jeffery.

MLOH 539/1-5, 7-39
Former child migrants at Fairbridge Farm Schools interviewed by Chris Jeffrey, 1985-1986. (These are copies. The masters are held in the Battye Library, Western Austr...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Interviews with former child migrants from Britain, 1985-1997

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Jeffrey, Chris, 1926-

Notes

General note

For related material see MLOH 426 which contains interviews with Dreadnought Boys.

Description source

Information transferred from the Oral History Accession Register as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Geoffrey Sherington is a professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. He has researched extensively on British child and youth migration to Australia.

Reference:
University of Sydney. Faculty of Education and Social Work. http://www-faculty.edfac.usyd.edu.au/projects/schoolchoice/index.php?p=personnel-geoff...