It was intended to substantially increase the population of Australia and to supply workers for the country's booming industries. In addition to subsidising the cost of travelling to Australia, the Government promised employment prospects, affordable housing, and a generally more optimistic lifestyle.
Brady was among more than one million Britons who migrated to Australia under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme between 1945 and 1982, known colloquially as “10-pound poms”.
From 1945 to 1981 about one million Europeans migrated to Australia through the program. Initially, the bulk of the migrants came from the UK and were charged 10 pounds, which coined the term "Ten Pound Pom."
It is estimated more than a million migrants from the British Isles took up the offer of the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme between 1945 and 1972. Adult migrants were originally charged £10 (in pre-decimalised currency at the time) in processing fees to migrate to Australia.
The Ten Pound Poms scheme itself attracted a staggering total of more than one million migrants from the British Isles between 1945 and 1972. Even more migrants were encouraged to leave Great Britain for Australia when the 'Bring Out a Briton' campaign was launched in 1957.
It was called Ten Pounds Pom due to the cost of £10. The charge of £10 covered processing fees for migration, while those under 19 travelled for free. The £10 is equivalent to around £350 today. The cost was increased to £75 in 1973 - but the scheme came to an end in 1982.
The story follows a group of Britons, often then colloquially known as Poms in Australia and New Zealand, departing post-war Britain in 1956 for Australia, having been promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life for just £10. The group soon learn life in Australia is not as promised.
The most common explanation is that it's a reference to Australia's past as a convict colony. “Pom” is supposedly a bastardised acronym, meaning “prisoner of Mother England” or “prisoner of Her Majesty”.
pom. A British person, especially one from England. (Originally applied to an immigrant from the British Isles.) The word pom has its origin in wordplay. An early, derisory term for an immigrant in Australia was the rhyming slang jimmygrant (sometimes written as Jimmy Grant), recorded in 1844.
Known as the Ten Pound Poms, this mass exodus was a scheme devised by the Australian and British Governments in order to help populate Australia. An assisted passage scheme, established and operated by the Australian Government, attracted over one million British migrants between 1945 and 1972.
Most of those making the journey to Australia in the early twentieth century were British migrants seeking a healthy and prosperous life in another part of the Empire. After World War I, it was recognised that a larger population was needed to protect the Australian nation in the event of another war.
The first settlement, at Sydney, consisted of about 850 convicts and their Marine guards and officers, led by Governor Arthur Phillip. They arrived at Botany Bay in the "First Fleet" of 9 transport ships accompanied by 2 small warships, in January, 1788.
(pi oʊ ɛm) or prescription only medicine. abbreviation. (Pharmaceutical: Administration) The abbreviation POM on the label of a medicine tells you that the medicine is only available if a doctor prescribes it. POMs are only available with a prescription issued by a doctor.
Viewers also might not be aware that there are some very famous real-life Ten Pound Poms. Sisters Kylie and Dannii Minogue, who were born in Melbourne, are actually the daughters of Ten Pound Poms.
Steam engines and the Suez shortcut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries reduced the journey to about 40 days. In the 1950s, the last liners were able to do so in about 25 days.
A new Department of Social Services began operation in 1941 (previ- ously, the Treasury had administered the system). After the war, in 1947, the various items of legisla- tion were brought together into a single Social Services Act. Child endowment was a family allowance paid at a fixed rate with no means test.
The terms pommy, pommie, and pom used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand usually denote a British person.
Australia, once known as New South Wales, was originally planned as a penal colony. In October 1786, the British government appointed Arthur Phillip captain of the HMS Sirius, and commissioned him to establish an agricultural work camp there for British convicts.
Aussies: This one's a classic and is used to describe Australians worldwide. Ozzies: A variation of Aussies; this one is more commonly used by Americans. Roo: Short for kangaroo, this term is used affectionately to refer to Australians.
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'. It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who suggested the name we use today.
People from Australia call their homeland “Oz;” a phonetic abbreviation of the country's name, which also harkens to the magical land from L. Frank Baum's fantasy tale.
Michelle Keegan wows fans in behind-the-scenes pics from Ten Pound Poms. While the historical events that the series are based on and the Assisted Migration scheme of the 50s did indeed exist, the characters and stories in the BBC series are works of fiction.
Etymology. From ten + pound (“unit of currency”) + pom (“British person”); compare ten pound tourist.
Ten Pound Poms is a six-part series with the first episode kicking off on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday, May 14. It will air weekly in the Sunday slot at the same time on the same channel.
The first pom poms were created by tissue paper, and became tattered easily. Fast forward to the mid-60s, and there was innovation to the pom pom. Instead of paper, pom-pom producers switched to plastic!