‘Ten Pound Poms’: A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia
Author:   A. James Hammerton ,  Alistair Thomson ,  Becca Parkinson (Marleting Coordinator)
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526184238


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   21 January 2025
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‘Ten Pound Poms’: A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia


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Author:   A. James Hammerton ,  Alistair Thomson ,  Becca Parkinson (Marleting Coordinator)
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781526184238


ISBN 10:   1526184230
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   21 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Emigration 1 Imagining Australia 2 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 Index -- .

Reviews

‘Hammerton and Thomson pull together a vast collection of sources to give voice to British migrants in the post-war period.’ Catherine Kevin, History in Focus ‘With Ten Pound Poms, Hammerton and Thomson have provided a definitive history of this migratory movement.’ Shirleene Robinson, The Oral History Association of Australia Journal -- .


Author Information

A. James Hammerton is an Emeritus Scholar at La Trobe University Alistair Thomson is a Professor of History at Monash University

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