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A "READING LIST" OF BOOKS 




"A Reading List" -Child Migration 
with special reference to Dr. Barnardo's.
FROM: Isabel Hayes
Fact File: .Thomas Barnardo was born in Dublin in 1845 and died in Surrey in 1905. .The first home for boys opened in Stephney Causeway, in 1870 .Barnardo's emigrated 30,000 children to Canada between 1882 and 1939. .The Charity sent 2,784 children to Australia between 1921 and 1967. .Barnardo's began its boarding out scheme in 1889. .More than 350,000 children and yhoung people were helped by Barnado's in its first 100 years. .Barnardo's became a registered adoption society in 1947. .In 1966 the chrity changed its name from Dr. Barnardo's Homes to Dr. Barnardo's. .Between 1969 and 1980 around 90 homes were closed down. .The last traditional-style home closed in 1989. .Today Barnardo's runs 285 services across the UK. .The charity works with 43,000 children, young people and their families each year. .Barnardo's employs more than 5,000 staff. .There are around 330 Barnardo's charity shops. .Twenty thousand regular volunteers work for Barnardo's in children's services, shops and fundraising groups. .The total number of volunteers rises to nearly 430,000 during special fundraising initatives. .There are independent Barnardo's charities based in the Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Revised October 1994, AUSTEN,Alfred Bastard without portfolio: the story of a forgotten bastard as told to Eileen Sheila Hill. New York: Vantage Press, 1981 Autobiography of an ex-Barnardo boy who was emigrated to Canada in 1908. The author was also known as Bert Carter. BAGNELL, Kenneth- The little immigrants: the orphans who came to Canada. Toronto:Macmillan of Canada, 1980 271p BARNARDO. (Syrie) Memoirs of the late Dr.Barnardo, by Mrs. Barnardo and James Marchant. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908, 404p. Chapter 12: Emigration, pp 154-184. BEAN,Philip Lost children of the empire/Philip Bean; Joy Melville. Unwin Hyman, 1989, 177 p On child migration from Great Britain and the work of the Child Migrants Trust. BIRT, Lilian M The children's home-finder: the story of Annie Macpherson and Louisa Birt. Nisbet, 1913, 262p. Contemporaries of Thomas Barnardo, who ran children's homes in East London from the 1860's and were later involved with the emigration of children to Canada. COPPING,Arthur E. The golden hand: the true story and experiences of settlers in Canada. London - Hodder and Stoughton, 1912, 263p. COPPING, Arthur E. Smithers: a true story of private imperialism. London: Hodden and Stoughton [c.1912] 268p. Based on the experience of one Barnardo boy who emigrated. CORBETT,Gail H. Barnardo children in Canada. Peterborough, (Canada): Woodland Publishing, 1981, 133p. GREAT BRITAIN, Colonial Office: Oversea Settlement Office report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; President of the Oversea Settlement Committee, from the delegation appointed to obtain information regarding the system of child migration and settlement in Canada. HMSO, 1924, 20p. (Cmd.2285) Head of delegation: Margaret Bondfield. GREAT BRITAIN. Commonwealth Relations Office. Child migration to Australia: report of a fact-finding mission. HMSO, 1956, 14p. (Cmd.9832) HAMILTON,Mary The tin-lined trunk. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1908. 63p. Children's story, about a girl from Dr. Barnardo's Homes emigrating to Canada in 1887. The HOME children: their personal stories. Phyllis Harrison, editor. Winnipeg: Watson and Dwyer, 1979, 271p. HUMPHREYS, Margaret Empty Cradles. Doubleday, 1994, 332p. About child migration from Great Britain to Commonwealth countries and the founding of the Child Migrants Trust to assist those adults who experienced hardship as a result of emigration. LANE, John Fairbridge kid. South Fremantle, Australia: Freemantle ARts Centre Press, 1990, 240p. Account of the life of John Lane (Previous know as Jack Ramsbottom) who travelled from Dr. Barnardo's care in England to the Kingsley FAirbridge FArm School, Western Australia in 1933. The LEAVING of Liverpool, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1992.1 video - 3 hours 45 minutes. Fictionalised account of child migration to Australia. LOST CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE. Domino Films for Granada Television, 1989. 1 video - 85 mins. About child migration from great Britain and the work of the Child Migrants Trust. MOORE,Allan Growing up with Barnardo's/edited by Joan Clarke, Sydney, NSW:Hale and Iremonger, 1990, 144p. Based on the recollections of 30 men and women who, as children, emigrated to Australia with Barnardo's. MOSS,John Child migration to Australia, HMSO, 1953, 49p. PARR,Joy - The home children: British juvenile, immigrants to Canada. 1868-1924. Ann Arbor: Univesity Microfilsm 1982, 302 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D) Yale University, 1977. PARR,Joy - Labouring children:British immigrant apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924. London: Croom Helm, 1980, 181p. REDDING,Don - The little slavies. Community Care, 761, 4 May 1989, 17-20. Looks at the history of child migration schemes. ROSE,June - For the sake of the children -Inside Dr. Barnardo's: 120 years of caring for children. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1987, 335p SUTHERLAND,Neil - Children in English - Canadian society: framing the twentieth-centure consensus. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. 336p. WAGNER,, Gillian - Barnardo,London:Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979,344p. Chapter 14: Emigration - the golden bridge, pp237-255. WAGNER,Gillian - Children of the Empire, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982. 284p. Address: Tanners Lane Barkingside, Ilford Essex 1Go 1QG Tel:01 550-8822 Ext 246/256 Fax: 01 551-6870

OTHER BOOKS WORTH READING:

MARCHMONT - James S. Gilchrist Jim's interest in the British Home Child derived from his grandmother who was one of these deserted children. Her name was ALICE CARNEY who arrived in Canada in August 1872. Jim's search for information about Alice introduced him to Marchmont Home. This book is written soley to provide information from research on those who experienced Marchmont firsthand, those who faced bleak & terrible time in England but in coming to Canada, altered those odds drastically to become the successes they were. The price is $20.95 plus postage and envelope. If you send a Money order or cheque for $25.00 cdn. Jim will get it out to you. James S. Gilchrist 86 Heber St. Trenton Ontario K8V 1N3 1-613-392-5978

NEITHER WAIF NOR STRAY The Search For A Stolen Identity - Perry Snow For author and Clinical Psychologist, Perry Snow, examining the psychological traumas experienced by British Home Children is very close to home: the child profiled in his book is his father - Frederick Snow Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search For A Stolen Identity provides a personal & professional investigation of one British Home Child's life in Canada CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS BOOK

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