UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970

lt;b>Gordon Lynch is Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Kent, UK. In addition to writing books and articles on the history of child migration, he has also given extensive evidence on this history as an expert witness to two national child abuse inquiries in the United Kingdom.

1. Introduction: 'A serious injustice to the individual': British child migration to Australia as policy failure.- 2. 'The risk involved is inappreciable... and the gain exceptional': child migration to Australia and empire settlement policy, 1919-39.- 3. Flawed progress: criticisms of residential institutions for child migrants in Australia and policy responses, 1939-45.- 4. 'Providing for children... deprived of a normal home life': the Curtis report and the post-war landscape of children's out-of-home care.- 5. 'Australia as the coming greatest foster-father the world has ever known': the post-war resumption of child migration to Australia, 1945-47.- 6. From regulation to moral persuasion: child migration policy and the Home Office Children's Department, 1948-54.- 7. 'If we were untrammelled by precedent...': pursuing gradual reform in child migration, 1954-61.- 8. 'Avoiding fruitless controversy': UK child migration programmes and the anatomy of policy failure.

"UK Child Migration to Australia is a significant and revealing book that presents a meticulously crafted and compelling explanation for a sorry episode in British and Australian history. Its findings, including those pertaining to individual homes, offer new insights to former child migrants and their families who want to understand their own histories more fully. Of equal importance, it shows how history can be used to prevent mistakes now and in the future." (Caroline Evans, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 15 (3), 2022)

“UK Child Migration to Australia is a significant and revealing book that presents a meticulously crafted and compelling explanation for a sorry episode in British and Australian history. Its findings, including those pertaining to individual homes, offer new insights to former child migrants and their families who want to understand their own histories more fully. Of equal importance, it shows how history can be used to prevent mistakes now and in the future.” (Caroline Evans, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 15 (3), 2022)