. Thousands of child migrants who were forcibly sent to Australia from Britain after World War II are likely to be compensated for the abuse and neglect they suffered. The thesis seeks to find evidence to support the assumption that British migrants were the pampered and protected of the post-World War Two intake of migrants.
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British migrants arrive in Sydney on the Fairsea c1963. Western Europe was supported by the United States while Eastern Europe was invaded by the Soviet Union. As the name suggests the scheme allowed for affordable travel to Australia with the cost of an adult ticket a mere 10 and all children traveling for free by the 1960s Hammerton.
Under the rules of this Scheme some British people would be offered free passage to Australia.
In 1948 a third class passage was 202 pounds the equivalent of an executives wage. Contemporary students of historical writing of the migration experience have virtually written British migrants out of the history of this era by such unsubstantiated assumptions. Western Europe was supported by the United States while Eastern Europe was invaded by the Soviet Union. Shipping fares were expensive.
