Personal Narrative: Life After The Second World War

On the subject of history and religious atrocities, just after the second world war, our labour government in cooperation with the catholic church, and a few other lesser organisations, sent a load of orphans, and some kids that weren't orphans but were told they were, to live in Australia, told about a land of milk and honey and warm weather. Many if not all were sent to work on farms or on construction jobs, a lot of them were abused, beaten and made to work long hours. Kid's that suffered the most were boys sent to a place called Blindoon just north of Perth,( where Hazel lives) it was an institution run by the catholic brothers but built by the orphans. These were all kids under 16, up to 10,000 kids were sent there, most in the late 40's but it went on until mid 60's, not one of our brightest hours. Not to be confused with kids sent to Canada during the 2nd world war for protection, and returned to their families after the war when their fathers came home from the front. 500 YThat was a long …show more content…
Oh yes I'd forgotten about Lassie and Flipper and another programme in the same format as those 2, Skippy, the bush kangaroo, did you get that ? I take it you haven't been to your aquarium then, I'm not so keen on dolphins and seals doing tricks like that, though I can see it could be the only way some people can see them, I think such animals belong in the wild. Yes I've finished with my health trainer and only one appointment left at pain clinic, so another disappointment comes to an end, I've achieved nothing really, I don't know what to do next. Bye for now, enjoy your week