Figure 1.--This photograph shoes a Fairbridge boy in his living quarters. We believe this photograph wastaken at an Australian Fairbridge farm school, but we are not positive. |
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Kingley Fairbridge received support in Australia for his project of shipping indigent Britih childten to farm schools. The CES raised £2,000 and in 1913 the first Fairbridge "farm school" was opened in Western Australia. Another training farm (supported by grants from the British and Australian governments as well as private donations) was later opened in New South Wales. We have few details about the Fairbridge Farm school in Australia. The photogrph here shows boys arriving in the 1930s (figure 1). The vast majority of the English children transported to the Doiminions were transported to Australia. I'm not sure at this time just how many children were transported to Australia under the Fairbridge scheme.
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