Innocents Abroad: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia, 1940-45 by Edward Stokes

Innocents Abroad: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia, 1940-45 by Edward Stokes

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781863735292
Author: Edward Stokes
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: St Leonards NSW
Year: 1994
Format: Paperback
Pages: 230 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly front cover right tail corner now protected with book tape. Light foxing to top foredge. Interior and binding are still very good.

In 1940, the British Government established the Children's Overseas Reception Board with the aim of sending working-class children to safer shores.

Innocents Abroad tells the story of the children who sailed to Australia: their homesickness, their fears, their courage and their adventures. Based on extensive interviews, it tells of new lives in sunny cities and the bush, loving homes for the lucky children and - for some - years of neglect and exploitation.

This book also explores the legacy of the evacuation experience: unhappy homecomings and unsettled lives for some and, for others, opportunities and success they may not otherwise have experienced.



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