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No institution has signed up to take responsibility for the 60 or so claims made against Fairbridge. The Old Fairbridgians Association met at the site of the former farm school this week and ...
A five-year-old Claire Emanuel, her parents and eight siblings, came to Australia from the UK in 1966 through the Fairbridge Society's two-parent scheme which assisted large families.
The young girls at Fairbridge suffered insurmountable hardship,' said the 66-year-old, who was five when she went to the school. 'The (settlement) result will not keep the demons away but they ...
The 86-year-old is one of about 150 former child migrants who launched a class action in 2009 against the Fairbridge Foundation and the NSW and commonwealth governments. The $24 million settlement ...
Absurdly, one of the limitations periods in this case gave claimants only six months after they left Fairbridge to bring a claim. It's inconceivable that a 16 or 17-year-old who is finally leaving ...
Bob Stevens, a claimant in a lawsuit against Fairbridge Farm ... Mr Stevens, who was sent from England when he was eight-years-old, has given private testimony to Australia’s royal commission ...
The report was suppressed by Fairbridge, which was made to reform in order to keep receiving funding from the British Government. – How old were the children deported by Britain to its colonies?
Derek Moriarty, president of the Molong chapter of the Old Fairbridgians Association, wrote the following comment at www.centralwesterndaily.com.au in response to Monday’s story that Fairbridge ...