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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
This story follows ten years of a boy's life, who, at the age of ten, in the year 1959, was brought to Australia from England by his parents, who participated in the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme, which was created in 1945 by the 'Chifley Government' and its first Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell. The scheme was intended to substantially increase Australia's population and supply workers for the country's booming industries. This story, tells of a family's uncertain migration to a new life in a country they had only read about in brochures issued by the Australian Government. It tells of the many hardships and good times, the family experienced in the transition period of that time. It tells of the family's ten moves to different New South Wales towns within the first ten years. It will take you back to how things were in Australia, in the 1960's
It is such an adventure, that, you may not be able to put this book down.
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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
This story follows ten years of a boy's life, who, at the age of ten, in the year 1959, was brought to Australia from England by his parents, who participated in the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme, which was created in 1945 by the 'Chifley Government' and its first Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell. The scheme was intended to substantially increase Australia's population and supply workers for the country's booming industries. This story, tells of a family's uncertain migration to a new life in a country they had only read about in brochures issued by the Australian Government. It tells of the many hardships and good times, the family experienced in the transition period of that time. It tells of the family's ten moves to different New South Wales towns within the first ten years. It will take you back to how things were in Australia, in the 1960's
It is such an adventure, that, you may not be able to put this book down.