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‘Ten Pound Poms’
A life history of British postwar emigration to Australia
by A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson
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More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is their story. Illuminated by the fascinating testimony of migrant life histories, this is the first substantial history of their experience and fills a gaping hole in the literature of emigration. The authors, both leading figures in the fields of oral history and migration studies, draw upon a rich life history archive of letters, diaries, personal photographs and hundreds of oral history interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original interpretations of key historical themes, including: motivations for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees, fifty years on. Accessible and appealing, this book will engage readers interested in British and Australian migration history and intrigued about the significance of migrant memories for individuals, families and nations.
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More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is their story. Illuminated by the fascinating testimony of migrant life histories, this is the first substantial history of their experience and fills a gaping hole in the literature of emigration. The authors, both leading figures in the fields of oral history and migration studies, draw upon a rich life history archive of letters, diaries, personal photographs and hundreds of oral history interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original interpretations of key historical themes, including: motivations for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees, fifty years on. Accessible and appealing, this book will engage readers interested in British and Australian migration history and intrigued about the significance of migrant memories for individuals, families and nations.
Author Biography
A. James Hammerton is Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Alistair Thomson is Director of the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex and Reader in Continuing Education and History
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date May 2005
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780719071331 / 071907133X
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 15.99 GBP
- Pages400
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 x 156 mm
- IllustrationIllustrations, black & white
- Biblio NotesList of figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations A note on punctuation of interviews Introduction PART I EMIGRATION 1. Imagining Australia 22 Leaving Britain 3. Between two worlds PART II BRITONS IN POSTWAR AUSTRALIA 4. Strangers on the shore 5. 'Butlins without the laughs': life on the hostel 6. An Australian working life 7. Suburban dreams and family realities: making a home in Australia 8. Ten pound pioneers of the back-packing generation 9. 'My wayward heart': the British exodus from Australia PART III MIGRATION, MEMORY AND IDENTITY 10. Coming 'home' 11. British Australians: migration, nationality and identity Appendix: statistical summary of project interviews Bibliography Index
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