The first 5 children to arrive at Tresca

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Description: [Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration - Child migration schemes - The Fairbridge Society this month extended its child migration scheme to Tasmania. The Society has taken over and modernised "Tresca", near Launceston. This will be in addition to farm schools for British migrant children at Molong, NSW and at Pinjarra, WA. The society already has brought more than 500 children to Australia since WWII.
Date: 1958
Source: National Archives of Australia
Rights: Reproduction rights owned by the National Archives of Australia.
Archival Reference: NAA Reference: Series A12111, Control Symbol 1/1958/8/2
External URL: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=ID&Number=8275168

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