Title: The ten pound immigrants
First published: 1988
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.
Subjects: History, Government policy, Emigration and immigration, British, Cultural assimilation, Immigrants
Places: Australia, Great Britain
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: JV9185.B7 A67x 1988