Ten Pound Poms - A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia

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 riveting testimony of migrant life histories.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: A. James Thomson Hammerton, Hammerton A. James, Thomson Alistair
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2025
• EAN: 9781526184238
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8423-8
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General