Plot

A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
One of a number of films and tv dramas that have covered the child abuse that occurred at the hands of some members of the Christian brothers movement in Australia, Canada and Ireland.
leaving of liverpool deals with the misguided practice of exporting "orphans" (many of whom were not orphans at all) from britain to other parts of the then british empire, notably, australia, new zealand and canada, after the second world war in the misguided belief that these children would benefit from a new start.
Unfortunately, many of these children fell into the hands of abusers, most notably at a home run by the Christian brothers at Bindoon in Western Australia where the boys were used as slave labour to build a new religious seminary.
The first half of leaving of Liverpool is set in a location similar to Bindoon.
This television film helped publicise the suffering of these children, which continues into adulthood.
The leaving of Liverpool is a bleak film with its unflinching portrayal of the appalling abuse suffered by both boys and girls under this scheme.
Other films and tv dramas that cover the abusive activies of some members of the Christian brothers include "Lamb" and "the Boys of St Vincent"

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