<P> Ten Pound Poms ( or Ten Pound tourists ) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War . The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945 , and the Government of New Zealand initiated a similar scheme in July 1947 . Ten Pound poms were called that because they only had to pay £ 10 in processing fees to migrate to Australia and the Commonwealth arranged for assisted passage on chartered ships and aircraft . </P>
<P> Ten Pound Poms ( or Ten Pound tourists ) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War . The Government of Australia initiated the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme in 1945 , and the Government of New Zealand initiated a similar scheme in July 1947 . Ten Pound poms were called that because they only had to pay £ 10 in processing fees to migrate to Australia and the Commonwealth arranged for assisted passage on chartered ships and aircraft . </P>
when did the 10 pound pom scheme start
when did the 10 pound pom scheme start
1945
1945