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Ten Pound Poms were British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the Government of New Zealand initiated a similar scheme in 1947. [ 3 ]
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Realising they had to ‘populate or perish’ (an actual slogan of the time), the Australian government launched the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme to attract migrants from other countries, most notably the United Kingdom.
Jun 16, 2023 · The ten pound Pom scheme targeted families and single women because of Australia's demand for labour and a bigger population, with the skilled working classes mainly taking up the offer.
The term ten pound Pom, (also ten pound migrant, ten quid migrant, and ten pound tourist), is first recorded in the 1970s. It refers to those people from the UK who migrated to Australia under the Assisted Passage Scheme, a scheme run by the Australian Government after the Second World War.
May 12, 2023 · The Ten Pound Pom movement was the largest migration scheme in history. Source: Getty. The promise of new beginnings following World War II, the lure of stable employment, and the idea of...
Oct 12, 2023 · How much do you know about Australia and New Zealand's British migration schemes of the 1940s and 1950s? The phrase 'Ten Pound Poms' is used to describe the Britons who emigrated to Australia following World War 2 on the Australian government's assisted passage scheme.
Nov 15, 2021 · Meet WA Museum's Stephen Anstey and learn about his family's experiences coming to Australia from the UK in 1968 as assisted migrants (also known as Ten Pound Poms).
