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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
We gave away many children to Australia from the '20s to the '60s - an estimate of 10,000 if you can believe that.
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Here they rounded up thousands in the eastern cities, and shipped them out west to farms and ranches. For some it was a great opportunity, others not so much, largely dependent on the women where they were sent. Some were accepted as family, others became chattel.