Malanda

In 1952, Bill and Dulcie Johnson joined the burgeoning masses migrating to Australia, a subsidised exodus seeking refuge from the rigours and privations of post war England. They were ’boat people’ of their time, trying to find their bearings in a traumatised world; ten pound POMEs who could only guess at what was in store for them, simply hoped for the best. Theirs was the age-old parental quest for a better life for their offspring, a safe haven they could adopt as their own.