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Three gentle corrections - the immediate post-war government, when emigration started to soar, was Attlee's but, more importantly, it was the Australian government who funded the assisted passages not Britain. Also emigrants were not given £10 - they paid £10 towards the cost of their fare.

The ten pound passage British assisted migration scheme was the most ambitious in Australian history, attracting more than a million British migrants to Australia.

The preference for skilled and semi-skilled workers boosted urban and industrial development and helped shape Australia’s postwar suburban settlement.

[QUOTE="BrianH, post: 2077147, member: 64960"] Three gentle corrections - the immediate post-war government, when emigration started to soar, was Attlee's but, more importantly, it was the [i]Australian[/i] government who funded the assisted passages not Britain. Also emigrants were not given £10 - they paid £10 towards the cost of their fare. The ten pound passage British assisted migration scheme was the most ambitious in Australian history, attracting more than a million British migrants to Australia. The preference for skilled and semi-skilled workers boosted urban and industrial development and helped shape Australia’s postwar suburban settlement. [/QUOTE]

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