The Bush Orphanage: Recollections of a British Child Migrant and the Truth About Australia's Human Trafficking Past by John Hawkins

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Faint mark on right foredge. Interior and binding are still excellent.

This book is split into two sections. The first section is John Hawkins own story. Taken as a child as part of the British Child Migration Scheme, John grew up at the Christian Brothers Tardun Boys Orphanage in Mid West Western Australia.

The second part of this book is the history of the British Child Migration Scheme and includes research revealing criminal neglect and endemic corruption. The story of how child migration became the greatest childcare disaster in Australian history.