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Western Australia - Organisation
Advisory Council of Empire Settlement (1925 - 1981)
United Kingdom
- From
- 1925
- To
- 1981
- Categories
- Anglican, Church Agency, Sending Agency
- Alternative Names
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- Church of England Council of Empire Settlement
- Advisory Council of Empire Settlement
- Church of England Council for Commonwealth and Empire Settlement
- Church of England Council for Commonwealth Settlement
- Committee for Overseas Settlement
- Location
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The Church of England's migration committee (which had a number of different names) organised the migration of British children to Swan Homes in Western Australia. In his history of Swan Homes, Roy Peterkin recalled the roles of two key people in arranging the migration of more than 200 children to Swan Homes over a period of 12 years. These were Mr Alfred Arthur Robertson (Office Manager at Swan Homes and Immigration Officer for the Anglican Church in WA) and the Secretary of the Anglican migration committee in London, Miss Enid Jones MBE. Writing about this in 1988, Peterkin (p.107) acknowledged that it was a 'weakness' of the scheme that there were 'no detailed case-histories' of the British children who were sent to Swan Homes.
- Collection Title
- Records of the Church of England Council for Empire Settlement [Council for Overseas Settlement] (1925 - 1981)
- Date Range
- 1925 - 1981
- Reference
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CECES
[Lambeth Palace Library Reference]
- Contact
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Please contact the Lambeth Palace Library:
Address: 15 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7JT, United Kingtom
Phone: +44 20 7898 1400
Email: archives@churchofengland.org - (please ensure that you write 'CERC' in the subject line).
Website: Website: https://lambethpalacelibrary.org/using-the-library/registering-and-booking/
DETAILS
John Moss C.B.E. U.K. Child Welfare Expert. Visit to Australia. Part II
Moss Report Implementation [Excerpt] - Swan Homes
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