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'Ten Pound Poms': Australia's Invisible Migrants (Paperback)

by A.James Hammerton (Author), Alistair Thomson (Author)
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This text will make a lasting impression on individual readers and the scholarly field. Catherine Kevin, King's College London, Reviews in History --Catherine Kevin, King's College London, Reviews in History

this masterful book shares with the best oral histories a commitment to empathy and to getting myriad stories right. Ten Pound Poms recovers the meanings and experiences of a real and significant transplanting. (Mark Peel, Australian Book Review) --(Mark Peel, Australian Book Review)

The book has two great strengths. First, Hammerton and Thomson demonstrate in intricate detail what they describe as 'this tension between familiarity and strangeness' (124) in the immigrant experience of Australia. The derisive Australian phrase 'Pommy bastards' captures the ambivalent positioning of the British in Australia. The second fascinating part of Ten Pound Poms, and the chapter I will use most in my teaching and research, is their work on the return immigrants. Described as 'invisible twice over', the writers examine the consequences to Australian identity of leaving these voices outside of celebratory national narrative. (Tara Brabazon, Murdoch University) --Tara Brabazon, Murdoch University

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There is currently a revived interest in British emigration to Australia; This book fills a gaping hole in the literature; Explores the experiences of migrants who returned to Britain as well as the lives of those who stayed in Australia; Draws directly and substantially upon the rich personal testimony of about 500 British emigrants - including oral history interviews, diaries, letters, memoirs and photographs collected by the authors; The authors are leading practitioners in the field and the book is alert to the subtle levels of meaning available through such sources and explores 'cutting edge' approaches and issues in life history research

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5.0 out of 5 stars To stay or not to stay?, 25 May 2009
This is a very informative book. As well as the success stories it carries the stories of those who didnt find the promised land, and who in fact were worse off, both in social and physical conditions in which they found themselves.

Some of the unhappy ones were able to return, some were never able to do so. One lady returned to retire here in Devon/Cornwall, leaving all her family behind in Oz. Some spent their lives unable to settle in either country, and travelling between every few years. Worth reading.
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