Literary Image of Child Migration to Australia

Abstract

The bachelor paper discusses the living conditions of children through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries in Britain and Australia, analysing the similarities of sending children from Britain to Australia as a continuation of convict history in the literary version of the books Tom Appleby Convict Boy by Australian author Jackie French and Empty Cradles by British social worker Margaret Humphreys. The paper describes a social situation in Britain in the 18th and 19th century. It also focuses on convict history and life in orphanages. The thesis further analyses the reflection in the books Tom Appleby Convict Boy and Empty Cradles.