Child migration exhibition
Over the past few days you will have seen news reports on the Australian government’s apology for its role in the British child migration programme (you can see the PM’s apology on the BBC website)....
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You may remember that last year the Australian government apologised for its role in Britain’s child migration programme. Today the UK government has also made an official apology to former child...
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Message board for former child migrants launched
Two of the actors with a lifebuoy prop during filming National Museums Liverpool in partnership with the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney are developing a new exhibition, On their own –...
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Medallion tells of the leaving of Liverpool
Ellie Moffat from National Museums Liverpool receives the medallion from Phyllis Clark (niece of William Nevin) Often objects in museum displays can seem like very ordinary everyday items until you...
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On their own – Britain’s child migrants
Four children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Molong 1938. Reproduced courtesy of Molong Historical Society. This week two museums at opposite ends of the world are unveiling the results of a major...
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The boy in the lifebuoy
Child emigrants on the ship Rangitoto, on their way from England to New Zealand in 1951 When you look at old photos like the one above in museum displays, do you ever wonder what happened to the...
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“We were asked to go to Australia. We didn’t even know where it was…”
Anne Swifte (nee Duxbury) far left departing for Australia in August 1950. The Merseyside Maritime Museum exhibition On Their Own: Britain’s child migrants, tells the heart-breaking story of child...
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Exploring Young Roots with the Together Trust
Emigration Party outside Manchester Town Hall, 1897. Courtesy of the Together Trust Liverpool docks have seen many people leave England’s shores to start new lives abroad over the centuries. One lesser...
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Lily’s journey from Liverpool to Canada
Lily. Courtesy of the Together Trust Young people from the Together Trust have been working hard since Christmas to discover more about some of the children from Liverpool who emigrated to Canada...
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