Some recent documentaries told the tale of British orphans and foster children (without parent's permission) shipped to Australia where they were forced to work for a variety of churches without pay. Conditions were brutal, sexual attacks common, food short, and the never ending message that they should be grateful for a roof over their heads. Similar stories of girls who were deemed incorrigible and sent to convents as slave labor. 18 hour work days doing laundry and household chores for the local towns under a strict rule of silence. The survivors interviewed were well into their 60s; some of them had just discovered that their parents were living. Some parents just hearing that their children were alive. Sad, cruel business somehow related to an attempt to populate Australia.
Anyone have details?