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ten pound Pom

noun

Etymology

From ten + pound (“unit of currency”) + pom (“British person”); compare ten pound tourist. An allusion to the immigrant′s contribution (in sterling) paid for passage to Australia under an assisted immigration scheme, the remainder being paid by the Australian government. The scheme operated from 1946 to 1982; in 1973 the immigrant contribution was increased to £75.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of ten pound tourist.

  2. An assisted immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain, from the decades…

    An 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.
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA