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Reader sets the record straight about the treatment of 'Ten Pound Poms' in Australia

By Deborah Bowyer   5th Jun 2023

 A Sandbach Nub News reader wants to set the record straight about life Down Under as a 'Ten Pound Pom'.

Author Sue Wilson from Belmont Avenue has written a book about her experiences as a youngster when her family took part in Australia's Assisted Package Migration Scheme.

She has been avidly watching BBC 1's six-part drama, 'Ten Pound Poms' but says it's not quite as it was.

"It portrays the Australians to be uncaring and not hospitable to the immigrants which wasn't the case. We were welcomed and treated well," said Sue.     

Sue Wilson was just 12-years-old when she set sail with her family on the Fairsea liner from Southampton to make a new life in Perth, Australia.

The author, originally from Liverpool, wrote a book about her big adventure as a child, Ten Pound Poms, telling the challenges and changes and sometimes the sadness.

Sue with her book 'Ten Pound Poms' (Photo: Sandbach Nub News)

Sandbach Nub News interviewed Sue here when she launched her sequel to 'Ten Pound Poms'. 

"We spent a month on a boat getting there and lived in a cabin," she said. "My sister and I had bunk beds and my mum and dad a bed.

"All our things were packed in a tea chest and cases and I can remember seeing land and Australia for the first time.

"We had lots of happy times but also some sad times and I just wanted to share them."

The scheme was set up after the Second World War and was aimed at supplying much-needed workers for Australia's industry.

     

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