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Other musical artists to have migrated to Australia under the scheme include John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes. John Paul Young, Colin Hay of Men at Work, [24] Jon English and Cheetah, while Kylie Minogue is the daughter of two Ten Pound Poms: her mother was on the same boat as the Gibbs and Red Symons. [25]
Ten Pound Poms is a British historical drama television series created by Danny Brocklehurst for BBC One and Stan. The series stars Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown as Ten Pound Poms, British citizens who migrated to Australia after the Second World War. The series premiered on 14 May 2023 on BBC One and has six episodes. [1]
This was the era of "populate or perish" [2] and the Federal Government sought to increase the population of Australia by campaigns to encourage, through "assisted passage" schemes, migrants from the United Kingdom. However, insufficient Britons took up the opportunity and so Australia opened its doors to more migrants from non-British sources.
The co-production between the U.K.’s BBC and the Australian streaming service Stan follows a group of Brits […] Why ‘Ten Pound Poms’ Stars Can Relate to Homesick Brits in 1950s Australia ...
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Ten Pound Pom was a slang term to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after world war II Kaycies 16:15, 29 June 2023 (UTC) Congratulations. That’s a concise summary of the article's first sentence. Schwede 66 17:45, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
Herbert Leslie Bockett CMG CStJ (29 June 1905 – 17 October 1980) was a New Zealand public servant. He was born on 29 June 1905. [1] Bockett was responsible for New Zealand's assisted immigration scheme that first attracted British people colloquially known as "Ten Pound Poms" but was later expanded to cover other European countries.
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