Fairbridge Farm located near Pinjarra in Australia was a dumping place for helpless children exported from United Kingdom so the workload of case workers could be lighter.
At the farm they suffered unkind treatment from the staff. Some were lied to and told that their parents had died.
It could not have been fun to be there as a child.
Sources:
- Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’ (The Guardian)
- The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad (BBC)
