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Author Humphreys, Margaret.

Title Oranges and sunshine : empty cradles / Margaret Humphreys.

Publication Info. London : Corgi, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  304.894 HUM    Check Shelf
Description 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : lll., facsimile, portraits ; 20 cm
Summary In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg.
Note Includes index.
Originally published as: Empty cradles. Doubleday, 1994.
Subject Immigrant children -- Australia.
Immigrant children -- Institutional care -- Australia.
Immigrant children -- Abuse of -- Australia.
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title Oranges & sunshine
ISBN 9780552163354 paperback
055216335X paperback
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