Homework
Find a story about a migrant (post WWII ready to use in class next Wednesday.
Norman ‘Vic’ and Enid Hoiles
Born: 5 June 1921 and 18 June 1920
Departure: England, 4 May 1950
Arrival: Sydney, Australia, 1950
Vessel: RMS Otranto
From the 1940s to the early 70s Australia promoted itself as a young country of opportunity in need of new skills and labour. One Australian Government scheme subsidised British migrants, charging them only £10 for their passage to a new home in Australia.
Norman ‘Vic’ Hoiles, his wife Enid and daughter Vandra were one family that took a chance and sailed to Australia as ‘ten-pound Poms’.
Before he came to Australia he fought for Britain and was attracted to joined the RAF and worked in the office of the local base.
After coming to Australia "at the age of 39 Vic was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which at that time was almost certainly fatal. But with the knack of survival that had been with him during the war, Vic recovered after having specialist surgery at Prince Henry Hospital – one of the first of its type performed successfully in Australia. Both children of Vic and Enid enjoyed successes that reinforced the parents’ decision to uproot their lives and move to Australia – as it did for so many migrants."
http://waves.anmm.gov.au/Immigration-Stories/Stories-from-our-collection/Norman-and-Enid-Hoiles.aspx