Welcome to Ten Pound Pom
Learn about Australia’s fascinating immigration history, trace lost friends and relatives, share your own migration story or just sit back and enjoy a good read.
Since the end of the Second World War Australia has welcomed around a million immigrants per decade, including more than a million Ten Pound Poms. Each new migrant has a unique story to tell about how they moved to another world and helped to shape a nation.
Do you know a Ten Pound Pom? Have you ever asked an Australian immigrant what made them move to Australia? You will hear amazing stories of adventure, frustration and achievement. Stories about leaving family and friends behind and the challenges of building a new life in a foreign land.
Tenpoundpom.com preserves your migration stories for future generations. If your parents or grandparents emigrated to Australia and you never thought to ask them about it, now is the time!
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Register for free and get access to all the Ten Pound Pom site features:- Create a profile page and tell your story
- Find and contact lost friends
- Build and share photo albums
- Post in the Ten Pound Pom forum
- Learn about an important chapter of Australian history
- Read amazing stories told by amazing people
Latest News
More than one million Britons emigrated to Australia after the Second World War and a large proportion came onboard a P&O ship.To mark its 175 years of heritage and to celebrate its role in transporting Ten Pound Poms to Australia P&O Cruises ran a competition last month, inviting Ten Pound Poms to send in their migration stories, in no more than 175 words.88 lucky winners were invited to... Read more.
Australia welcomes over 13,000 new citizens
Happy Australia Day and congratulations to the 13,000 or so migrants who are expected to take part in more than 300 citizenship ceremonies today across Australia!Professor Charlie Teo has already addressed the nation earlier this week and Geoffrey Rush was yesterday announced as Australian of the Year for his outstanding achievements and lifetime devotion to the arts. Today is a day for... Read more.
A Tenner Won't Get You Far in 2012!
Great news if you are an Aussie planning to go to the London Olympics. The Australian Dollar has hit a 27-year high against the Pound, peaking at just under 68 pence on Tuesday night. If your boss offers you a work placement in Australia snap it up without further ado. Log onto your favourite UK websites and fill your boots. It doesn’t sound right a week before Australia Day but it is time to buy... Read more.
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"The hostel was very basic towards what we had been used to on the ship. Instead of bedrooms for the families there were cubicles with dividers that did not even reach to the ceiling!"
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Julia Gillard
Arrived: 1966
Ship: Fairsky
Immigrants need courage and creativity; they need open minds and sturdy hearts.
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