Hopeful Emigrants Looking for the Sun

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Hopeful Emigrants Looking for the Sun

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Location

Australia, Belfast

Year

1965

Date

Production 23/03/1965

Length

01min 46sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Potential emigrants to Australia attend interviews with a view to moving. The weather seems to be a driving factor. Who could blame them! 

Notes

The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945. The Commonwealth arranged for assisted passage to Australia on chartered ships and aircraft. 

The migrants were called Ten Pound Poms due to the payment of £10 in processing fees to migrate to Australia. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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