INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45

INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
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Title: INNOCENTS ABROAD: The Story of British Child Evacuees in Australia 1940-45
Author(s): STOKES, Edward
Category: Australia
New / Used: New
Book Type: Large Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1994
Published By: BCA
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 230
Size (mm): 180 w x 240 h x 22 d

Condition

As new with only light wear on dust jacket. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

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

Illustrated throughout with monochrome images.

Remarks

Increasingly scarce as new

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