ten pound pom

plural ten pound poms · alternative ten pound Pom

1. AustraliaNew ZealandAn assisted immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain, from the decades following World War II.

   Under the slogan “Populate or Perish”, the government reintroduced assisted passages from Britain - the “ten-pound-poms” - also accepting substantial numbers of European refugees.

   2004, Margo Daly, Alison Cowan, Adrian Proszenko, The Rough Guide to Sydney, page 323

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   She was able to overcome the hurdles of the Immigration Department because she had actually been born in Adelaide five years before, the child of ‘ten pound Poms’ who were now re-returning to Australia.

   2008, Eric Richards, Preface: Destination Australia: Migration to Australia Since 1901, page xiii

   2008, Timothy Darvill, “Jones, Rhys Maengwyn (1941-2001)", entry in Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, 2nd Edition, unnumbered page, On graduating he became one of the last ‘ten-pound poms′ by migrating to Australia under a scheme where the individual paid £10 and the Australian government paid the rest of the fare for a one-way journey.

   Synonyms: ten pound tourist

plural ten pound Poms

1. Synonym of ten pound tourist.

   Synonyms: ten pound tourist