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Australia apologizes to Brit kids sent to colonies

By ROD McGUIRK and JILL LAWLESS
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CANBERRA, Australia -When John Hennessey was 10 years old, he was sent from a war-weary Britain to an orphanage in Australia, where he was told food was plentiful and children rode kangaroos to school.
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2009-11-16 12:13:07
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When John Hennessey was 10 years old, he was sent from a war-weary Britain to an orphanage in Australia, where he was told food was plentiful and children rode kangaroos to school.