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Shona

With public attitudes like that, no wonder so many of the children were mistreated. The only thing which can be said in defence of the Canadian authorities is that the British authorities had exactly the same attitude and carelessness of the outcome.

I live in Cornwall and the last children to be sent from here to be "resettled" in Australia were sent in 1974.

OC

EDIT - I'm sure most of you on here already know these two books but if you don't, read them and weep.

Lost Children of the Empire
Empty Cradles.

Both were made into documentaries which triggered the (eventual) official apology from the British Government, which acknowledged the great harm this scheme had done.