My great great grandpa emmigrated to Oz - made a name for himself alright...
http://www.nedkellysworld.com.au/bus...ogong_jack.htm
I think I might follow in his footsteps.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
Does Australia have a hatful of British migrants (current generation) who have made a name for themselves in the way that Aussie migrants have done in the UK?
And nothing wrong with that either.
HTH
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Originally posted by Stan.goodvibes View PostI raise the average IQ if whichever country I happen to be in.
*Granted he was not the first to use the quote but was the most relevant to the Aus/NZ migration question.
Originally posted by Stan.goodvibes View PostThe UK is handy for earning sterling which buys a lot back here, and for the easy access to europe for travel and holidays, but as for living there full-time, you gotta be kidding surely?
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWell does it?
Does Australia have a hatful of British migrants (current generation) who have made a name for themselves in the way that Aussie migrants have done in the UK?
None of those people you are thinking of emigrated to the UK. The just moved to London.
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Born in UK, emigrated to NZ, then back to the UK, now in oz, back to UK next year.
I raise the average IQ if whichever country I happen to be in.
The reason few brits excel in oz is because once they get here they discover the sun, beach, BBQ, and laid-back aussie lifestyle and actually chill out.
The UK is handy for earning sterling which buys a lot back here, and for the easy access to europe for travel and holidays, but as for living there full-time, you gotta be kidding surely?
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Originally posted by Gonzo View PostI seem to remember hearing Leo Sayer on the radio talking about how he had moved to Australia because he got fed up of being told he couldn't do anything in the UK because he was a seventies star whose time had been and gone and preferred the can-do, go-for-it attitude that he found over there.
I don't think that you are comparing like with like though. Australia is a country that over the last twenty years or so has really been on an ascendent path, like Britain used to be in the nineteenth century, while Britain is on a slow path downwards. That is a shame but happens to everyone. Look at Rome now.
Australia is not now the cultural vacuum that it was even twenty years ago and I am sure that in our lifetimes we will see the relative positions between the UK and Australia reversed and Australia will be the place that Britons aspire to go to, not the other way around.
Bigger pond here, more opportunities etc etc.
I'd say as a rule that outside of celeb types and super achievers that you're average person who emigrates (In either direction) is usually more of a can do, go getter type than those who don't.
I'm not saying the ones who don't emigrate are bad or worse, just that there's something inherent about people who're willing to pack it all up and go that's seems to go hand and hand with that kind of attitude.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostOn reading this article and in particular the last para I wondered which brits had emigrated to Australia and have actually achieved anything. My point being that people who emigrate from this country are losers and that the people who come here are people of substance.
I don't think that you are comparing like with like though. Australia is a country that over the last twenty years or so has really been on an ascendent path, like Britain used to be in the nineteenth century, while Britain is on a slow path downwards. That is a shame but happens to everyone. Look at Rome now.
Australia is not now the cultural vacuum that it was even twenty years ago and I am sure that in our lifetimes we will see the relative positions between the UK and Australia reversed and Australia will be the place that Britons aspire to go to, not the other way around.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYou’re trying to provoke me aren’t you DA?
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostDoes that make up for all of those crap "can you tell what it is yet" cartoons?
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostRolf Harris gave us one of the greatest drinking songs of all time.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostCrap argument DA. Can't think of any Australian who's made an impact on the UK.
Can think of a Kiwi though: physicist Rutherford who won the Nobel prize.
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Crap argument DA. Can't think of any Australian who's made an impact on the UK.
Can think of a Kiwi though: physicist Rutherford who won the Nobel prize.
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