They just said what we were all thinking, ..

[little curly alan ball]

British Gov't today announce public apology for sending " poor " British children to Australia in the 1940's and '50's .
Many received horrendous treatment , and some still suffer to this day .
What say you , McB ???
Not exactly ,Advance Australia Fair , kid ???

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

as i said in the family tree thread...

absolute disgrace what our government did with all of those kids, to think that a young kid was shipped over to the other side of the world, seperated from any remaining family they had on arrival, and then used as slave labour by the church, and abused on a regular basis.

the film 'The leaving of Liverpool' first alerted me of what went on, although i know that 9 of my grandads brothers were shipped away and never seen again.

it shouldn't be down to the government of Australia to be apologising, i dont even think it should be Brown. this should come right from the top Her Maj herself should be doing the apologising.

 

[Bundy]

I never heard about this, sounds a bit sad. Is this part of the white australia thing - I never really thought that was a bad thing in the day, of course the country is going to be a lot happier if people have the same ideals and you don't have different factions forming and fighting amongst each other.

 

[monty]

I never heard about this, sounds a bit sad. Is this part of the white australia thing - I never really thought that was a bad thing in the day, of course the country is going to be a lot happier if people have the same ideals and you don't have different factions forming and fighting amongst each other.

I think those kids got sent to South Africa and Canada as well Bunds.........slave trade all over again

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I think those kids got sent to South Africa and Canada as well Bunds.........slave trade all over again

they did, my grandads brothers got sent all over in the 1st world war, my uncle found out some went to canada but not all. he was a baby and his eldest sister was 18 so she took him, he was only about 1 i think, they never heard from them again.

 

[monty]

they did, my grandads brothers got sent all over in the 1st world war, my uncle found out some went to canada but not all. he was a baby and his eldest sister was 18 so she took him, he was only about 1 i think, they never heard from them again.

I know one ship with loads of kids on board got sunk by torpedos and most perished, Churchill covered it up until long after the war

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

in the film, wasn't it the catholic church in particular that was implicated?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103471/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Children

 

[monty]

in the film, wasn't it the catholic church in particular that was implicated?

The Leaving of Liverpool (1992) (TV)

Yes it was but the C OF E was exactly innocent either, the cover up was organised by the goverment as it did not wish to weaken national moral during the war period

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Home Children - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

that link says that a lot of different religious organisations became involved in the scheme.

 

[monty]

in the film, wasn't it the catholic church in particular that was implicated?

The Leaving of Liverpool (1992) (TV)

Home Children - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The wiki article is particularly riling when you see the numbers involved and the amount of £1 mil pounds raised to help them visit there UK families.............................. 150,000 Children in proper need and we allow the huge amount of seven quid each to come home

 

[McBain]

Kevin Rudd apologised to those people today.

Its a shocking thing and my heart goes out to those people.

Im not sure your angle on this though LCAB....who are you implicating? Our Government apologised...

As of 2009, there were an estimated 7000 "home children" currently residing in Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of Australia on 16 November 2009.[5] The Australian government had contacted about 400 British child migrants for advice on how the apology should be delivered. It is believed Gordon Brown will also issue an apology on behalf of the UK in early 2010.[3] Australia's Roman Catholic Church had publicly apologised in 2001 to British and Maltese child migrants who suffered abuse including rape, whippings and slave labour in religious institutions.[4] A £1m travel fund was set up for former child migrants to visit their families in the UK.

has yours?

 

[little curly alan ball]

Kevin Rudd apologised to those people today.

Its a shocking thing and my heart goes out to those people.

Im not sure your angle on this though LCAB....who are you implicating? Our Government apologised...



has yours?

They have , kid .
My angle was , that we sent them to you in good faith . They were abused .
That's about the top and bottom of it , my mate .

 

[McBain]

They have , kid .
My angle was , that we sent them to you in good faith . They were abused .
That's about the top and bottom of it , my mate .

The church abused them, as they have done kids forever.

No mind, whats done is done. Would they have fared better in UK orphanges is a mute point.

 

[little curly alan ball]

The church abused them, as they have done kids forever.

No mind, whats done is done. Would they have fared better in UK orphanges is a mute point.

Fair point . However , it was hardly the paradise - that all Convicts seem to make out that their - upside down - Country is .

 

[McBain]

Fair point . However , it was hardly the paradise - that all Convicts seem to make out that their - upside down - Country is .

Well go sit on Moreton Bay and you can tell me that again