Item HT 35900 Receipt - National Mutual Fire Insurance Company, John Woods, Lalor, 25 Jul 1960

Summary

Receipt from the National Mutual Fire Insurance Company to John Woods, dated 25 July, 1960. The receipt relates to the content insurance for the Woods' new property at which they were residing at Lot 291 111 Cyprus Street Lalor.

Barbara and John Woods had married in 1955 and were living in commission housing with extended family in Buckinghamshire, England when they decided to apply for the assisted passage scheme and migrate to Australia. They sailed on the Sitmar Line MV 'Fairsea' from Southampton in 1957 and eventually built their house in Lalor [also referred to in some items in the collection asThomastown] in 1960. They had a variety of jobs before they opened their own drapery store in Lalor and had four children.

Physical Description

Single cream sheet of paper with black printed type and handwritten text.

Significance

The Woods family collection documents through objects, documents and photographs the experiences of an English family who migrated to Australia under the 'Ten Pound Pom' assisted passage scheme. The material enables the exploration of their entire migration narrative, from the decision to emigrate, planning and departure, the ship voyage, arrival and early settlement, including employment, building a house and family life. More than one million people from Great Britain migrated to Australia under this scheme between the 1940s and 1970s.