Hi, I am wondering if someone would be able to explain what exactly assisted immigration was. My ancestors came from Warwick to Australia and they appear on a 'assisted immigration' index. Who provided the assistance? I am assuming that the assistance was money? The ships records give names and dates of arrival. Are there any other records relating to the immigration that I might be able to obtain? Did a person have to apply to be assisted, if so how was that done? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards matt ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
Matt, Assisted immigration occured after world war 2 for about 20years whereby suitable English migrants could come to Australia for 10 Pounds provided they stayed for ,I think 5years ,they were known as "10 pound poms!".There also appeared to be some similiar scheme in Victoria before Federation (1902) but i don't know the mechanics of it . Hope this helps Cheers Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: <mattrussell79@aol.com> To: <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:34 AM Subject: [WAR] Help understanding assisted immigration > Hi, > > I am wondering if someone would be able to explain what exactly assisted > immigration was. > > My ancestors came from Warwick to Australia and they appear on a 'assisted > immigration' index. > > > Who provided the assistance? I am assuming that the assistance was money? > > The ships records give names and dates of arrival. Are there any other > records relating to the immigration that I might be able to obtain? > > > Did a person have to apply to be assisted, if so how was that done? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Kind regards matt > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >