This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration schemes funded by the Australian and British Governments and delivered by churche…
Excerpt from Louth and Meath: A Short Survey of the Principal Places of Interest in Both Counties Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, compris ing an area of about acres, presents several distinguishing features well worthy Of the attention of the Sightseer and the archaeologist. The county faces the Irish Sea, and is the most northerly Of the maritime counties of the province of Leinst…
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