Sutherland Shire Historical Society
Mindful of the Past
Focused on the Future
ORAL HISTORIES
Partington
Mindful of the Past
Focused on the Future
ORAL HISTORIES
Partington
SYNOPSIS
Following a bitterly cold and miserable winter in northern England in 1962/63, Jim and Barbara Partington decided to migrate to Australia. In September 1963 they and their two young daughters sailed from Southampton as ‘ten pound Poms’. Settling in Miranda where they raised their family, they have never looked back. They tell of their amazement that employees in Australia were treated as equals by their bosses, but also the initial wariness of Australians towards migrants who they felt were taking their jobs, and their eventual acceptance. They have enjoyed their time in Australia and never regretted their decision to migrate.
Oral history interview conducted:
6 May 2010
Interviewer: Pauline Curby
for Telling It As It Was, a Sutherland Shire Council Oral History Project
This four-minute extract of a ninety-minute interview was compiled by Nicole Curby for Sutherland Shire Historical Society, April 2018