Oranges and Sunshine Page #3

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on the other side of the world?

This flight

is now closed and will depart.

Final call for British Airways...

All right, let me take that.

- How was your flight?

- All right.

We'll go out this way to the car.

You ready for tonight?

That's, uh, my mother.

Your grandmother.

She was very strict, you know.

Well, you've got to understand

how things were 40 years ago.

No-one wanted... the shame.

It was such a scandal.

Mother wouldn't have me in the house.

They took my baby away from me

at the hostel

and I tried to visit.

And then one day

they said she'd gone.

You had gone.

I kept this for you.

In case.

Well, I always kept it.

I'm up to my eyes at work.

I know.

And we can't afford it.

I know.

And the kids?

We'll be fine here.

Hey.

Oh!

- Nice to see you.

- You too.

Uh, Margaret.

This is my brother, Jack.

It's very nice to meet you.

I've heard a lot about you.

Good to meet you too.

How was the flight?

Uh, yeah, good.

Get these into the car.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Still OK to come

to the reunion tomorrow?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

You must be tired.

Yeah, a little bit.

So we are delighted

to see our usual wonderful turnout

of former Fairbridge residents.

This is a nostalgic and happy day

for all of us.

Now, just before I go,

this is Mrs Humphreys,

who has come all the way from England

to join one of our old Fairbridgians

at the reunion today.

She'd love to hear any stories

you have about your time here,

so do take the time to talk to her,

if you can.

Hello, my name's Margaret Humphreys.

I was recently contacted by a woman

who was sent here to Australia as a child

and has lost all contact

with her family in England.

And I'm here today to see if

any of you are in the same position.

If you want to talk to me,

just come and find me later.

All right. Thank you.

So is this all there is,

the bunkhouses, the farm buildings?

What about the school?

Well, you only got to go to school

if you finished your farm work first.

Jack told me some stories

about this place, didn't you, Jack?

Food was terrible, wasn't it?

What was it you used to have, Jack?

You could always tell the Fairbridge kids

because they were the ones

nicking the other kids' lunch boxes.

Do you know if all the other children

were sent out from Britain,

the same as you?

I don't know, I don't know.

Do you know who sent you?

- It's a bit hot. I'll be out by the bus.

- Yeah.

Sorry, Margaret.

This woman you were talking about.

- Did you find any family for her?

- Yes.

She was told that her mother

was dead but we found her.

- You found her mother?

- Yes.

Do you think I've got a mother?

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