The ten pound immigrants
By: Reg Appleyard with Alison Ray and Allan Segal.
Contributors: Ray, Alison.; Segal, Allan.
Publisher: Boxtree
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: British -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia.; British -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.; Immigrants -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.; Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Between 1947 and 1973 a million and a hald Britons paid the Australian Government ten pounds, sold up and took ship fpr Australia. This book describes the Ten Pound Passages, the Australian and British Government attitudfes, which people were selected to go , the conditions of the voyage, the first few weeks of arrival and the making of a new life on the other side to the world.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157-158.
Includes index.