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May Newsletter 2012 available for download

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Class Action Hearing

Title: Class Action Hearing Location: NSW Supreme Court, Sydney Description:  The latest hearing in the Class action was  held at the Supreme Court Sydney on the 22nd February 2013.  The following are outcomes from that hearing. Slater and Gordon the … Continue reading

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New Section – Fairbridge Tales

We would like to announce a new section on the Old Fairbridgians website. Fairbridge Tales will contain stories of and by Old Fairbridgians. If you have stories you would like to submit for inclusion on the site please submit them … Continue reading

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Exhibition at the Molong Historical Society Museum

Hi to all Old Fairbridgians. The Heritage Child Migration Centre has donated $4500 to produce 4 of Panels depicting life at the Fairbridge Farm at Molong, these panels are displayed at the Molong Museum. The display is a joint effort … Continue reading

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November 2011 Newsletter available for download

The November 2011 Newsletter is now available. Read it here. The May edition 2012 will be posted shortly. The editor is overseas.   Related Images:

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May Newsletter 2011 available for download

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Mrs Hodgkinson’s Faux Fox Fur Stole

I was doing some research at the State Library, looking through back editions of the Molong Express and I came upon this little classic “classified”. It left me wondering; given the attachment this woman held for that faux fox fur … Continue reading

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Writing about Fairbridge

For most of my life Fairbridge has been happy memories of an almost idyllic country childhood. That began to change a few years ago when the stories of abuse and institutional oppression began to be more widely canvassed, and I … Continue reading

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Manning, Derek Keith

Derek Manning passed away in Blayney, NSW. on the 2nd February 2011. He came to Fairbridge Molong in 1949, in a party of 18. There were 3 boys of 5 yrs of age in the party, the youngest yet to … Continue reading

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