APPENDIX 17
Letter from the President Old Fairbridgians
Association (Molong) to the Clerk of the Committee
(CHILD MIGRANTS) (CM 238)Following
meeting with Select Committee, Canberra ACT 23 June 1998 please
be advised that the Old Northcotian files are being held in a
garage of the daughters of former Farm School Principal, Mr Alf
Wignall at the following address:c/o Mrs Glenda G Stephenson,
53 Gisborne Road, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria.The Northcote Trust
were made aware of this fact by myself in 1989 and to the best
of my knowledge no action was taken to secure these personal and
sensitive files Northcotiens who knew of the files whereabouts
have obtained their own records as I did however the great majority
are not aware of the availability of these records.The media over
the past decade has given adverse publicity to the accessibility
to former Child Migrants files. For your Committees information
the Old Fairbridgians Association Malong the Fairbridge Foundation
NSW and Fairbridge London negotiated a satisfactory procedure
for all parties and persons to gain information from these files.
Copies of these procedures are attached for your records.Trusting
your Australian Whirlwind visit enabled the committee to obtain
a broader view of the current problems and thanking you for your
time whilst you were here.
3 July 1998.
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