This book traces the figure of the lost child in Australia's history and imagination.

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The figure of the lost child has haunted the Australian imagination. Peter Pierce's original and sometimes shocking study The Country of Lost Children traces th

During the Second World War, an unprecedented number of families were torn apart. As the Nazi empire crumbled, millions roamed the continent in search of their

This book is an extensive study of the figure of the lost child in English-speaking and European literature and culture. It argues that the lost child figure is