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‘Ten Pound Poms’ Help P&O Cruises Celebrate 175 Years of Heritage A select group of 175 “Ten Pound Poms” and friends remembered their life-changing voyage to Australia at a special event onboard P&O Cruises’ Oriana in Sydney this week.
The nostalgic reunion was held as part of celebrations to mark 175 years of heritage for the UK-based cruise line, which played a key part in the post-World War II assisted migration program. Under the program, which ran from 1947 to 1972, more than a million Britons paid ten pounds to cruise to Australia to start a new life, earning the tag of Ten Pound Poms.
Now famous Australians who arrived here under the program include Prime Minister Julia Gillard, actor Hugh Jackman and singers Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes and the Gibb brothers, better known as The Bee Gees. The lunch followed an invitation from P&O Cruises World Cruising to Australia’s Ten Pound Poms, asking them to tell their favourite stories about their journey to their new land.
The cruise line was flooded with more than 1500 entries, revealing stories of romance and adventure at sea and complete surprise at the Australian way of life on arrival. The winners and guests, 175 in all, were invited to attend today’s celebratory event onboard the cruise line’s modern day Oriana, the namesake of one of the ships which carried Ten Pound Poms to Australia in the 1960s. John Pond.
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John Pond, J.P.
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About John Pond, J.P.
Pioneer in television as producer of thousands of hours of TV shows on Australian and American television including Graham Kennedy, Tommy Leonetti, People in Conflict, Hollywood Bowl, Major Specials and Dr John's Casebook TV Shows. TV manager J. Walter Thompson & McCannErickson Advertising and head of production for Columbia Pictures TV.
John changed careers to the hospitality industry working for Sydney's top 5 star hotel as director of sales and marketing and GM. Then with Harrah's/Caesar's World, the world's largest hotel and casino group in Nevada. Playboy Magazine in Chicago, head of worldwide PR/Marketing, for their Resorts, Clubs, Hotels & Casinos. Producer at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Co-creator of hit US network TV show Joker, Joker, Joker, first TV show to give away a million dollars.
Writer travel articles for magazines and newspapers including Washington Post, New York Times, American Playboy as well as local Australian papers and magazines. In the USA represented many personalities including Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Mel Torme, and many other major names.
John is Editor at Sea of Australia's leading cruise magazine, Travel & Cruise Editor for The Retiree Magazine, Destinations Magazine and Spectator Group of Newspapers. John reviews cruise ships, Destinations and Hotels, and is ably assisted by his Associate Editor and partner, Sandra Tiltman.
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