‘Ten Pound Poms’
A life history of British postwar emigration to Australia
by A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson
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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
Manchester University Press
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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