First assisted passage migrant from England, Tommy Smith, meets Prime Minister Ben Chifley and Arthur Calwell, 1947
The Assisted Passage Migration Scheme (also known as the ‘Ten-Pound Pom’ scheme) was designed to attract British migrants to Australia after the Second World War. It proved extremely popular with war-weary British citizens. By 1947, more than 400,000 of them had registered.
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National Archives of Australia, A12111, 3/1947/4B/1
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