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Reckoning / David Hill.
Publisher: [North Sydney, NSW] : William Heinemann Australia, 2022Description: xxi, 343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781761045523
- 1761045520
- Reckoning : the forgotten children and their quest for justice
- Hill, David, 1946-
- Hill, David, 1946- -- Childhood and youth
- Fairbridge Farm School (Molong, N.S.W.) -- History
- Immigrant children -- Australia
- Immigrant children -- Great Britain
- Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Australia
- Reparation (Criminal justice) -- New South Wales
- Foster children -- Australia
- Child abuse (Australia)
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- Social history (Australia)
- Child abuse (Australia)
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- Social history (Australia)
- Child abuse (Australia)
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- Social history (Australia)
- 362.76 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 362.76 HIL | Available | 071907 |
Total reserves: 0
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Forgotten Children was David Hill's heartbreaking account of the abuse that he and other 'orphans of empire' survived at the Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales. Part memoir, part oral history, the book became a bestseller. It was also the catalyst in a subsequent battle for justice, which resulted in the Fairbridge kids being awarded a record.
