Was there a sceme whereby persons emigrating to Australia only paid ВЈ10?

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Chariotmender

Absolutely right, 1967. Assisted Passage is the correct name.

I quote -

1. (a) The assisted passage scheme contained in this Agreement shall commence on 1 June 1967, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Clause, shall continue until 31 May 1972.

(b) This Agreement may be terminated by either party giving six months' notice of termination to the other party.

2. The Secretary of State shall make a contribution at the rate of [sterling]150,000 a year in English currency, payable quarterly in arrear, towards the cost of movement from the place of residence to Australia of migrants selected under the Scheme. The annual contribution of the Secretary of State under this Clause may be varied by agreement between the Secretary of State and the Commonwealth Government.

3. The Commonwealth Government shall provide passages for such selected migrants upon the following basis:

(a) that persons of 19 years of age and over at the date of approval in accordance with Clause 5 hereunder shall be charged the sum of ten pounds in English currency therefor;

(b) that children who have not attained nineteen years of age at the date of approval in accordance with Clause 5 hereunder shall be carried free of charge;

provided always that the Commonwealth Government and the Secretary of State may agree at any time to vary the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Clause.

4. The Commonwealth Government shall, where necessary, provide free travelling facilities for migrants from the port or airport of disembarkation to the ultimate destination in Australia.

This type of agreement was also put in place with many other countries, The Netherlands, Italy, Malta and Germany to name a few. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/subjects/Migration.html

There were also much earlier agreements along the same lines.

Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886. Go to the link for extensive details of ships and passenger lists. For a labourer, over 14 but under 40 years of age, the cost was ВЈ2.00 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/SAassistedindex.htm

Pit Bull

Yes, the Assisted Passage Scheme ВЈ10 per head lasted into the '60s I think.
Sounds unbelievable now but in those days ВЈ10 was a good weekly wage so it would still have taken a chunk out of the budget for a whole family to go.

Aussieblonde -bundy'd

yup! im a product of the 10 pound pome! it was in the mid 60's.....However if youre asking can POME's still come to Oz in a cost effective way, then the answer is yes, provided you have a trade skill or medical back ground, immigration.gov.au has all the info, and they organise work, accomodation, visa's and bank accounts.

cadavidson1

yes there was such a scheme , it was stopped about 30 years ago , my next door neighbour was one of the last to go to oz, they were all given free accomodation whle looking for employment,

Dickie

nah thats people coming to the u.k innit

Lynda C

Yes back in the late fifties my aunt and her son emigrated to Australia for just ВЈ10.00. She remained there for the rest of her life and her son, for just ВЈ10.00 passage has a fantastic life.
Not so these days

years ago there was maybe about 50 or more ago
people also sent their kids there for ВЈ10 as they thought they would get a better life
i think aussie land was underpopulated then

Maid Angela

There certainly was it was in the 50's and the Australians wanted to get a lot more workers into the country and at the time they did not want asiatics. I believe there was a language test and before you got in they could give you a test in any language they liked and as many times as they liked so if they did not want you they could find a language that you did not know and test you on that. I believe they found Welsh useful at times

Sir Sidney Snot

Yeah in the 1950's I think They were called the "ten pound poms"

old know all

Yes. It was the assisted passage scheme (no really). You needed to have skills they were looking for and you went by ship.

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