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The first 5 children to arrive at Tresca

The first 5 children to arrive at Tresca, 1958, courtesy of National Archives of Australia.

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The first 5 children to arrive at Tresca
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
Archival reference

NAA Reference: Series A12111, Control Symbol 1/1958/8/2

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National Archives of Australia
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https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=ID&Number=8275168

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