Monthly Archives: January 2012

Fairbridge Farm Schools—the Failed Eden? Part Three

Posted on January 30, 2012 by seanarthurjoyce

Part Three: Sunset Over BC’s New Eden The casualties of war number far more than the killed and wounded. They include cherished values and institutions, however wrong-headed or well intentioned. By January 1945 the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School … Continue reading →

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Fairbridge Farm Schools—the Failed Eden? Part Two

Posted on January 27, 2012 by seanarthurjoyce

Part Two: Stocking the New Eden: British Columbia  Kingsley Fairbridge, who had established his first farm schools for migrant children near Perth, Australia in 1912, had a global vision. “I have long thought that the Child Emigration Society should establish … Continue reading →

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Fairbridge Farm Schools—the Failed Eden?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by seanarthurjoyce

Part One: An Imperialist’s Dream Ends Badly The old newsreel footage is jumpy, streaked with dust, the images seen through a sepia blur. It’s 1939 and in true MovieTone News style, we’re being treated to footage of British children arriving … Continue reading →

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