Dear Listers In August this year Jan Thomas asked what a "Remittance Man" was. Although several people responded (privately) saying there were several Remittance Schemes to bring immigrants to Austrlia, I'm still not clear what this term means. Please can SKS explain in (very) plain Australian? TIA Rosie Ritchie in wintry Selsey, West Sussex

> Dear Listers > > In August this year Jan Thomas asked what a "Remittance Man" was. Although > several people responded (privately) saying there were several Remittance > Schemes to bring immigrants to Austrlia, I'm still not clear what this term > means. Please can SKS explain in (very) plain Australian? TIA > > Rosie Ritchie in wintry Selsey, West Sussex > > Hi, Rosie, One simple explanation is that the black sheep of the family was told to emmigrate as far away as possible, and provided he stayed away for good, he would receive a monthly or yearly remittance of money from the family.Like "Go! and never darken our doorstep again" Norm