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Child WAltare Department, 508 Bar Street, .

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12th July , 1954.

Th~ eo.monwealt h Migration ot£lCert C~on .. e1th x.mlgratloD DepartDen , 862 IIq str~f>t,

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Be Xoss Report 00 Chil d Migration I Pocket Money _ Your 1331115.

I regret the d~lay In replying to TOur previous c...unicatlon but thi. was due to t~ tact that I am unabl f> to obtain from either tb~ Catholic Episcopal Migration and ~ltare '-soei.tion or the Swan Homes anT d~rinite intormation eoneprnlng the payment or pocket_money to migrant children who are accommOdated 1a their il18titutions.

Replies have been received from the tollowin.gl

*tb04ht lisp" tor Ch1ldrpn.

~.ch child reCeives 3d. to !I_ per week , depending en ace.

When the ehildren go on outings, which take placp at ver,r trpqu~nt int~rval s . on an ayprage hardlJ less than once a .... k, they Brf'! gi vpo poe1cet_montt)' varying trC8 64. to 1/- . During the summer months cool drinks, iee_erea~, etc. ara suppl ied in ad~ltioD.

!'h.tre i, a regular purchase ot chocolates and .. ~~ta a t th~ Bome and these arp issued at intervals to the eh1ldr .. n ,

All odd school expenses -' _ (eonc .. rt .0neT, swi_lng , gitts, ~tc . ) are paid to the ch1ldren as required .

Ch11dr~n going on holidays are g1ven sutticient pock8t-.on~ to eov~r their sppnding during the time the), are .1187 from tbtll Home .

!he hosts or thP ehildrpn are asked not to glv~ them .one}' to bring back to the Home and gifts ot IIIODPT or clothIng to indi vl1ual children are not ~ncouraged.

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I t has al • .,s been the poll ey or this Instituti on to allow each chil d pocket_money. At the prps~nt time the Scale i s a. IlD.derl _

Children 6 and under ... 3d. p.r ... k 7."" 8 4d • n • • •• 9 and 10 5d • • • .. .

11 and 12 6<1 . n n ... 13 and 1. 74 • • • .. . 15 and ovor 1I_d. n • ...

In ad~ltlon . the senior and junior task ~s and girls who are allotted duties on th,. tal'tlsidf'! and in the rlllage establish_ ments, S!'P paid between 2/_ and 3/- per week, according to their

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'II!IDlorit:,. . ~u:n1or tI.t children work tor • to?tD1l:bt about .nd recel~ 2/_ P«r ... t tor the work1nC tortnlsht .

'fraiD8e boy. aDd Sir1. at ~ ran Scbool. I'tteet." 10/ .. per ... lr:., oat ~ 1Ib1eh th4r7 are IDCourap4 to t.11k hIIlt tor ~cbl purpo ... in • tru.t .ccow:at .. lntalQt1! ~ ua. Soclet;r an their b<oobl1' .

Xb c~ct1OQ with other 1n..Ututlou. altboaab I uad .. r.tan6 that Ch1l4J'~D Ir. p ... n .,.,. tOl' GtlUI\I' , the,.. .ppear. to bl! noth1nl cS..,f1n.lte In tt. ..,. of poe:lr.tt-IIOftIq .

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THE FAIRBRIOOE SOCIETY

The Ch1ef Migration O££icer, Australia House, The Strand, LONOO N. W. C. 2.

Dear Mr. Lam1dey,

38 , Holl and Villas Road, London. W.1 4. 1 at Aprll,1954 .

At a recent meeting of the Counci l of Voluntary Organisations for Child Em1gratioD it was reportsd that it would be helpful if you knew what arrangements were made by the various OrganisatioDs regarding pocket money for child migrants during their jounrey to Australia .

So £ar 8S this Soc iety is concerned, I should let you know that if any child has les8 than 10/- pocket money (and often children's relatives, or friends of the Society, make small monetary gifts prior to sailing), wemake up the difference so that every boy or girl has at least 10/- to spend during the voyage. In addition, we sive the senior escort a sum of petty cash (30/- per child) to cover gratUities to stewards, tripe ashore, haircutting, cables to us advising wellbeing of the party, l aundry, poetage, etc . etc . We find that this sum is more than adequate for the purposs _ a balance is usually paid over to our representatives in Western Australia or New South Wales .

Yours Sincerely,

(Sgd) W. R. Vaughan Director

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Department o£ Immigr ation, CANBERRA. A.C.T.

Dear Sir,

Re : Report on Child Migration to Australia by 5I.JShi t~?Si . t £

I am sorry that there has been a lon~ del ay in replying to your letter of 4th Januar y . It was necessary to refer J-1 r. Hoss ' report to the Principal of the Far m School and to ask for his comments thereon. The Princioal ' s Reoort could not be sent on to you until my Board had the opportunity of seeing it .

1 have pleasure in enclosing hereWith a copy of the Principal ' s Report which de als s pecifically with the suggestion by Hr . John Noss that the Society should accept Aus t r alian children as well as migrant children, at its Far m School .

I v/ould like to mention that members of the Board of Governor s of this Society are in compl ete accord with the views expressed by the Principal .

faithfully D OF GOV!lRIIOR3 . fo r

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\ .. CVM/..E1lT UPON SUGGESTION BY J OHU KlSS (Vide HOKE OFFI CE REPORT "<:fn.n HlGRATICN TO i.USnU.LlA " _ PIJHiCRAPH 39) 18,,! m E SOC IZTY SHOULD ~ CCE:P-r f.US'l'R ALlAU CHn.IJtEN AS WELL AS !-;I GR.;Nr CH ILM EH AT I TS FARM SCHOOLS .

1 • Hr . Mo~5 oXpressed the opinion t bat it voul d be very desireble for InstitutIons handling Migrant children sol ely to make changes in policy to the ir.tent that aome Austr alian children b~ accepted at such Insti tutions . He Q4kes speci f i c reference to th e Falrbrldge School s , the l,orthco te Childr en ' s hr. School and Dr . 8a rnardo ' s establlshcents .

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He gives no reasons f or euch opin1on nor t or SUpport1ns hi s racollllllondations th&t such a change in pOlicy be cOns i dered . H. gives no lead as to the ratIo of Migrant chIldren to ~ustrell.n children ~hl ch ho would recommend as being deSirable . The Institutions which he particularly not ed es ce tcrlnt for both f.u:!tralian and Migrant chUdren have a lor s e number of I\.U lJ t:1'Dl1an children and 8 smaller number of Migran t Children .

In the ab~ f n ce ot specific rea~ons we mu s t o ttem~t to determ1ne why Hr . Moss expressed hiz opin i on and mode his r ecommendatIon. Presumobly he felt that 0 m.1xture of nattve bOr n end milJ'ent child in the one School would I118terioll.y a s d t in the u s jmU_ allon of the lat te r into l,ustrolian coIIW.a.lnity and W'Y of Ute; that the native born ch1ld W'Uld , by U l! Ociat1"n , act ... kind ot tutor to tho other in lOcal customs, practices, observlneo. , standards and COdIS t' that both classes ot chIldren WOUld hive socethi ng to offor 0 the other which VOUld relct to their individu31 8~ tutual benefit; ttult the Misunt Inltt tlon wou!d be le:5 Engllsh and ~~re 4ustrll1an.

Without in any wlse entering upon the pros and cons ot such reasoning, I believe that t hOse experienced 11'1 the cont r ol and management ot purely migrant esteblIstu:lent!', would regard SUch reoson1ng 8a academi c , rather thon real; would feal the opinIon. exproo!ed cnd the reasons wh1ch can ba adVanced .1 llekln~ In SUbstance . I do not sug ~est that good ~ nes not re~lt troa ~ssociation between native born and oi&rant ch1ldren _ tha t both classes galn troo SUch as!Ociation _ that EnglJ,h COlllllUn1 ties hal t th e process ot coClplete auimlllJUon .

With part1culor refCord to the Kingsley FalrbTldge Fare 3chOo) ot Pinjarra, I 8m prepJred to confidently argu(l t!1.at there h no jUstification for a change in its pOlicy to re co1 vo only mieront children lind thot the reasons \dlieh eicht be advanced in SUpport of 8 pOlicy change cannot be adVAnced 10 rel.tion to such Farm School.

4rgucents ag81n~t any policy change are ., (ollowa: -(. )

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From the ~ustralian National viewpOint it is ess60tll) that t he z:axl::c.t.:I 1l1110lber ot ideal a1grants (1. e . chUd m1&Tants) should be brought to tiustTslia . It the .ceo .. oodation available for acceptance of cicrant children is reduced (I.e . used for acceptance of w.:!Itral1en ch1ldren) then less ideal !:Ugrants ero lained .tor Aus tral1a .

The heavies t f inancia l hlrdl!ll of lD&1ntenanee ot the Society 's Farm SchOols is borne by :nIland and !Dellsh people. The f1nancial sutlPort aecor-dec! the Soeiety in Cl1.g1and 'oIOu}d be SUbsbn't1ally weak .. nOO if its pol1C7 vete changed so that its schools catered faT ~.trallan children to the exclu.::ion of ~gl.1.sh chUdreo.

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The Society I s already becoming embarrassed because it finds i tself una ble to accept all childr en offered to it in England .

~ change of policy ~long the lines recommended 10 tbe l~ss Report woUld be contrary to the objects of t~o Society as outlined in its Memorandum and Articles of Association snd would be contrary to t~e Founder's vi s i on.

(my such change Io'OU ld introduce the "Parent" problem, Those in char go of child establishment! ~ell know the probl ems associated with the close prosence ot parents their demands for privileges not accordad to other children - the unsettling effect their close presence ~as upon thoir own children and upon other children whose parents are at remote dist.nces - and so on.

Pinjar~a Id np t an isolated English coc=unity . e~ildrGn are in cons tent touch and association Australian pC'lplO (including children) and with Australion way of l ifo, because :-

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(1) the Farm School staft of noarly 50 includes a majority ot Australian born and hoy end thelr fomlliesDl' o IIot" the Falrbriclco ('OllY end in complete identity wIth it;

(Ii) all post primary children (50 et present) attend the PtnJorl'a Junior AcrlOll tural Hi,~ School deny and thU5 a~soclate in tho 8chool room and on the playing flola w1th Austroli.n ch1ldren ;

(111) PlnJerre District chllaren tttend It the Form School da ilY to tako apect.list auSJ'cts , • • , . Domostic Science, Woodwork , Mot.lwor~l and th. COUr so in Agricu l turo. P1nJlrrt ehllaren tlkinr tho Course in 4sric:ulture .re bonded by IDe .t the Far m School end live in tho cottale. w1th our chlldrenj

(iv) all School teachers are lustral1anj

(v) Qany of our children spend achool vaeation.s in 4ustr al1an homes w1th 1ustralian recdlll.;

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hoste or visitors come to the Farm School 50 that not 8 day passes vlthout th~ children having BOao associetion vlth Austro11nns . Vi~ltors a;proxL=­ate 5,000 per yearj

many ~ustral18n spor t ing bod i es visit the rar­School and phy utches .'.1n~t our ch1ldrenj

(viti) I bave adOpted the polley of allow1nc our ehll!ren to act 8S ho=ts to ~u.tr.ll'D ch11dren, e., ., .. orda of' Legacy and school friends .

7 . Su~rlzcd, Gny reasons vhleh =lght be advanced in favour or 8 change of policy are far outweighed by good .nd cogent r eason s for maintenance of tbe existing policy of the ral.rtr14ro Socie t y to ca t e r solely for migrant chUdren.

22/1/195lo .

(A .B. BAlL)

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