Originally Posted by Margaret3

I would love to read some material on this, is there any around that you know of

Originally Posted by Margaret3

well hebe, good for you, am jealous you had it all worked out before you came, am assuming you came from the same circumstances with the same aged kids as me, the same education, experiences, and the same background as everyone else who posts on BE, thank goodness on Be we are all the same and have people like you to tell us where we came from and where we're going wrong.

Originally Posted by WillBlack

Seems to me that Poms have been documented as searching for Utopia at least since 1516.

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

It's interesting the combination of the two greek words;
Eutopia - "perfect"
and
Outopia = "fictional"
came to become
Utopia = "perfect fictional place"

Originally Posted by WillBlack

Oz.

Originally Posted by jad n rich

Yeah most of the poor buggers were stuck 'ere :
Felt sorry for the 10 pound pom women, they were really 'sold' some overdone image of OZ, the reality was a total shock.

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

That's interesting, I heard that most were happy to be here. Pity I can't find statistics to confirm which of us is correct

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

I saw the TV program that was mentioned earlier about the ten pound poms. I remember being surprised at just how high the return rate was, in the high 30%, and that many who did stay hated it as well.... though obviously plenty loved the place and went on to call it home.
I particularly remember the old lady who was one of the focus of the program. She had been in Oz the bulk of her adult life.... and hated every min of it. Her husband had recently died and she was returning to England to, in her own words "die at home". Very sad.

Originally Posted by Margaret3

Well my parents emigrated to Oz 40 years ago!I was a small child back then.We were met at the airport by a coach,and then transferred to Pennington Hostel.I recall my Mum saying "What in gods name have we done"?Pennington is in Port Adelaide which is industrial!!!Nice start!we stayed there for 10 weeks which in that time my father secured work as a plumber.My parents managed to buy a new build house which was 1/4 of the size of the house they had left behind!Unfortunately my father died 14 years ago,but both my parents never felt truly settled,and even to this day my Mum still wants to come "home"but feels she can't because of her family being there!(kids and grand kids).There was a series on here fairly recently that had been repeated about the £10 poms,not sure whether you can buy it on a dvd???