Joe, those are the lyrics as in the CD booklet, which I have in my hand as we speak. Bruce's nots says: "Much like Australia's stolen generation, the child migrants from England were parted from their family, often with good intentions, but often with such devastating consequences. 10,000 children came to Australia alone through this scheme, which continued right up until 1967."

If you search for "child migration to Australia" you will find more sites than I can list here.

Bruce's website - he is a really nice bloke.