Child and Youth Migrants: 1924 – 1976

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What can I find from other organisations?

National Archives of Australia

The National Archives of Australia hold a range of records on Child Migrants, such as immigration case files, passenger lists of ships, and Naturalisation files. Please refer to their information guide on Child migration to Australia.

The National Archives of Australia also have the Immigration Photographic Archive, which includes images of child migrants and of Out-of-Home care providers for Child migrants. Examples include an image of Tresca in 1958.
Phone: 03 6165 5607

National Library of Australia

Interviews of former Australian Child Migrants were recorded between 2009 and 2012 as part of the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project. These are available for you to listen to online. There are many Tasmanian Child Migrants amongst these interviews.


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