On Your Own – Immigration Museum, Melbourne

During the late 19th century Britain sent over 100,000 child migrants across the British Empire.

From the 1860s, more than 100,000 children were sent from Britain across the British Empire and as many as 7,500 children came to Australia. They were sent by charitable and religious organisations with government support.

Child migration schemes changed the lives of these children and their families dramatically.  Story of Hugh McGowan, one of the Britain’s child immigrant

Born in Glasgow, McGowan was abandoned by his single mother at the age of two, and spent the next nine years in the strict Quarrier orphanage.

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A collaboration between the Australian National Maritime Museum and National Museums Liverpool, UK. This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

Visit britainschildmigrants.com and share your memories on the exhibition message board.

Clarion Suites Gateway conveniently located in Melbourne CBD is just right opposite the Immigration Museum, Melbourne.