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Name :: : Peter J. HARMAN (1939 - )
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Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1939
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lewisham

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Feb 1950
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Mooltan
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : National Childrens Home

NotesA birth registration was found for Peter J. Harman: Mother's Maiden Surname: Carter; Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1939; Registration district: Lewisham; Registration county: Greater London; Volume Number: 1d; Page Number: 1252. Parents: Albert J. Harman and Alma G. C. Carter, married 1936 in Pancras, London, England.

In 1950, Peter J. Harman, 10 (along with sister, Carol A. Harman, 12), arrived at Adelaide, Australia, in a group of National Children's Home boys and girls and en route for the Methodist Children's Home, Magill, Australia.

[Printed in an unknown Australian paper in March, 1950.]

16 English orphans' new life at Magill

by John Allan

"They really mean it when they say they'd rather be home in England," 13-year-old Carol harman said confidently but with understand.

"They get homesick for the winter snow and two-story houses and the cold weather. But they'll grow out of it," she smiled.

Mature and poised for her 13 years, Carol was the oldest among five girls and 11 boys--all English orphans--who arrived in Adelaide in February in the liner Mooltan.

The children are at the Methodist Children's Home, Magill.

Carol had been listening ot a few of the children expressing their opinions on Australia. Most of them had said they would prefer to be in England.

Their reasons range from that give by six-year-old Barbara Adams, who missed walking up and down the stairs at the home in England, to that given by nine-year-old Susan Wright, who thought it wasn't green enough here.

All expressed their opinions with eager confidence. their manners were refreshingly old-fashioned. Their unaffected maturity was perturbing.

"Sometimes it's too hot here, sometimes it's too cold," nine-year-old London-born Michael Adams said.

"Back home the boys and girls lived in the one house. Here we're separated, and I don't see my sister all the time as I did at home. My brother is still in England, and I miss him, too.

"But the trip out in the ship was wonderful," he sighed.

Cyril Chudwick, born in Northampton, last lived at a home in Penarth, Wales. He's 11 years old, and says he would prefer to be in England. He gave no reasons.

Eleven-year-old Peter Harman, also from Penarth, is Carol's brother.

He was disappointed he wasn't allowed to drink tea in Australia, but was adamant in his liking for this country.

"I think you have a better chance in life here." he said.

"There are more jobs, farming, and all that. I don't know whether to be a farmer or an engineer," he added gravely.

"It's not cold enough here, and it's not like winter, because there's no snow," said 10-year-old Janet Wright. "It's like our summer," she added.

Janet is Susan's sister. They came from Hampshire.

Neither thought Australia as nice as they believed it would be. Mainly because it was neither green nor cold enough.

Rosemary Adams brought the authority of her 12 years to bear in a half-hearted, shocked denial of the children's criticisms. But the others stuck to their opinions.

Carol and Peter Harman agreed on the virtues of Australia.

"The weather's lovely here," Carol said.

"Your people and your teachers are more friendly than they are at home. I love it here," she added.

"The others will get used to it and they'll come to like it.

"Have a good look at them and see if they're unhappy," she smiled, looking at the children laughing and playing.

She watched them for a while and said: "They just homesick now. It won't last long."

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18925	ABERY, Harold Thomas	1908	ENG, LND, Marylebone	Mar 1927 : Melita	CAN	Salvation Army
3078	ABIGAIL, Helen Mary	1877	ENG, LND, Pimlico	Aug 1894 : Vancouver	CAN	Colonists Aid Society
3104	ABRAMS, Frederick	1892	ENG, LND, Battersea	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3105	ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin	1896	ENG, LND, Battersea	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3116	ACHURCH, Florence Daisy	1901	ENG, LND, Fulham	Sep 1913 : Virginian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3123	ACKERMAN, Arthur Edward	1877	ENG, LND, Wandsworth	Jun 1888 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3124	ACKERMAN, George Abraham	1875	ENG, LND, Wandsworth	Jun 1888 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5493	ACOL, John	1920	ENG, LND, Hampstead	Nov 1932 : Balranald	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3174	ADAM, Thomas Wilkie	1893	ENG, LND, Pimlico	May 1911 : Pretorian	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
9229	ADAMS, Maud	1885	ENG, LND, Kingsland	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
8762	ADAMTHWAITE, Ethel Maud	1887	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9959	ADAMTHWAITE, Mary Kate Jane	1886	ENG, LND	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9833	ADLINGTON, George Richard	1880	ENG, LND, Limehouse	Nov 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
7340	ADLINGTON, Percival Stanley	1883	ENG, LND, Limehouse	Nov 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
17049	AFFLECK, Adelaide Mary	1897	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Jun 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10030	ALBERY, Charles Samuel	1882	ENG, LND, Battersea	Jun 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Barnardos
9857	ALBURY, George Arthur	1884	ENG, LND, Southwark	Jun 1893 : Vancouver	CAN	Barnardos
8537	ALDEN, James Robert	1872	ENG, LND, Poplar	Aug 1884 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
8538	ALDEN, Thomas George	1878	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1893 : Oregon	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16550	ALDRIDGE, Ada Florence	1900	ENG, LND, Clapham	Jul 1911 : Sicilian		Barnardos	Niksmum
10413	ALEXANDER, Dorothy May	1903	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
10414	ALEXANDER, Matilda Julia	1902	ENG, LND, Shoreditch	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
8694	ALEXANDER, Rose	1898	ENG, LND, Hoxton	Jul 1908 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
4743	ALEXANDER, Rose Mary	1873	ENG, LND, Kensington	May 1887 : Corean	CAN	Charlotte Alexander
8467	ALGER, Ada	1876	ENG, LND, St Olave	Jul 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
9026	ALGER, Ellen	1872	ENG, LND, St. Olave	Jul 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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