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Record #11526
Name :
: Leonard R. MAGEE (1947 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1947

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, West Ham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Aug 1954
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathnaver

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for Leonard R Magee: Mother's Maiden Surname: Hopper; Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1947; Registration district: W Ham; Registration county: Greater London, Middlesex; Volume Number: 5a; Page Number: 1160. Parents: James R. L. Magee and Daisy H. Read, married 1946, West Ham, London, England.

In 1954, Leonard R. Magee, 7, arrived at Melbourne, Australia. The manifest stated his residence in England had been 2, Roding Street, E. 7.

Leonard was interviewed on ABC Australia for the 7:30 Report on May 1, 2007, by Deborah Cornwall. He joined others from the Fairbridge Farm to discuss their experiences.

DEBORAH CORNWALL: It's more than three decades since Fairbridge Farm finally closed its corridors. This derelict estate in country NSW, once home to more than 1,000 British children, shipped out on the promise of a new life and a place in the sun.

LENNIE MAGEE, FORMER FAIRBRIDGE WARD: I cried till I felt I was going to break inside. I'd curl up in a foetal position. I can remember curling up in the corner and just wanting to die as a child.

DEBORAH CORNWALL: Lennie Magee remembers as a small boy trying to make the best of it at Fairbridge, but his cottage mother was just as frightening.

LENNIE MAGEE: She should never have been on the farm school. She was an elderly lady, she was an alcoholic, and she used to beat the children and we were very mistreated. I had no mother, no father, no one to complain to and we were being brutalised by this awful woman.

LENNIE MAGEE: I was, I was never encouraged. We were always demeaned. We were constantly told we were there because we were guttersnipes, we were slum children. We would never ever make anything of ourselves. 
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25295 BARTLETT, Derek John1931ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
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25297 BISSAKER, James1926ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25298 BOWEY, Joseph Austin1930ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26900 BRUNARD, Charles1930ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26418 BURT, Doreen1932ENG, DUR, Morpeth Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26901 CLEMENTS, Denis1933ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26902 CONNOR, John1927DK_,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26969 COX, Cyril1929 Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26903 COX, Thomas1932ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26904 COX, Wilfrid1929ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26970 COX, William1928 Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26940 CUTTER, Sidney1929ENG, KEN, Gravesend Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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26906 DELANY, Peter1928ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26907 DONOGHUE, Peter1932ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25294 DUFFY, Camilo1930ENG, LAN, Liverpool Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26419 EATON, Lois Josephine1925ENG, YKS, Leeds Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26908 FLANAGAN, Alfred1932IRL,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26420 FOORD, Donald Ian1932ENG, SSX, Lewes Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25299 GATFIELD, David Peter1925 Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26909 GREEN, Patrick1926AUS,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25300 GREENLAND, Joseph Anthony1930ENG, MDX, Edmonton Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26910 GREENOUGH, Peter1928ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26932 HALLETT, Isabel Rosetta1933 Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26911 HARPER, Anthony1928ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26935 HARRISON, Ronald  Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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