A 5 year old, I was sent to Australia, alone. Pam Wright on The Cardi-Girls

Pam Wright was a stolen English child who was sent out to Australia at age 5 as a migrant. Pam features in the book 'Empty Cradles'.In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated the case of a woman who claimed that, at the age of four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. Margaret Humphreys soon discovered that as many as 150,000 children had in fact been deported from children's homes in Britian and shipped off to a "new life" in distant parts of the Empire—the last as recently as 1967.Now a major movie named 'Oranges and Sunshine', is a 2010 Australian drama film, that uncovers a tragic conspiracy between the British and Australian government for their illegal child migration program. The film details the systematic, organized UK government sanctioned deportation of up to 150,000 children, often as young as three to Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.Pam joins Cardi-Girls, Kay and Susannah in the Cafe for the last show of the year and brings her wisdom, insights and tenacity to the table.The Cardi-Girls show is interactive with our audience via the comments section. Please join us at 7.30pm AEDT.Please join us on clo.socialits free to join and be an active memberTo access all our podcasts for freeand keep abreast of what we are up toJoin our mailing list herehttps://cafelockedout.com/To support our work with a one-off gifthttps://cafelockedout.com/donateTo be a valued supporter, you can join our Patreon herehttps://www.patreon.com/c/cafelockedoutKULTURETo listen to and support Kulture Artists go tohttps://cafelockedout.com/kulture/If you have a story or interview suggestionContact us [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cafelockeddown.substack.com/subscribe