George Crennan
Monsignor George Michael Crennan AO OBE (1900 – July 2001) an Australian Catholic cleric, was known for his service as Director of the Federal Catholic Immigration Office in Australia from 1949 until 1995.
Family
Crennan was born in
Migration
Crennan was responsible for bringing thousands of refugees under the sponsorship of the Catholic Church, and the development of ways to make available interest-free loans for refugees and other migrants with no means. These loans assisted about 60,000 needy people to travel to and settle in Australia. Crennan worked with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to carry through his plans.
Crennan was also responsible for the child migration schemes, which brought British children from UK children homes over to Australia between the 1940s and the 1970s.[1] The migration schemes were mired in controversy because most of the children were forced to travel to Australia.[2] Many were lied to and told their parents had died and many of their parents were lied to and told that either their children had died or that had been adopted by English families, whereas in fact they were living in Australian institutions.[3] Many were involved in forced labour, treated sadistically and sexually abused.[4]
Recognition
Crennan was made an Officer of the
Crennan died, aged 100 years, in July 2001 in Sydney, Australia.
See also
Footnotes
References
- South Australian births, registrations 1842 to 1906 [computer file]. South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc and Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd
- It's an Honour: Canberra, Govt. of Australia, 2008: http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/ Archived 2019-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Catholic News: Catholic Telecommunications, 9 August 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203046/http://cathnews.com/news/108/41.html
- "Journey's End" Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office Newsletter 2nd ed Dec 1988:https://web.archive.org/web/20080318234115/http://www.acmro.catholic.org.au/newsletter/dec_98.htm
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