Children picking apples in the apple orchard at Tresca Children's Home for child migrants, Exeter, Tasmania, 1958

Description: [Caption taken from the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch] Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society has converted “Tresca”, Exeter, Tasmania, into a home for children from Britain. The new home is for children from broken homes, parentless children, or children with only one parent unable to care for them.

• Date: 1958
• Source: National Archives of Australia
• Rights: Reproduction rights owned by the National Archives of Australia.
• Archival Reference: NAA Reference: Series A12111, Control Symbol 1/1958/8/9
• External URL: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=ID&Number=9759479

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