A few geographical connections here, apart from my Australian twitter-mates, who have been tweeting through the night/day.
The first is that the Labour candidate who called the snap election, Julia Gillard is the daughter of people who travelled to Australia as "ten pound poms". The Liberal party candidate Tony Abbott was also born in Britain, to Australian parents.
My Slideshare presentation on the Ten Pound Poms is embedded below as a reminder...
Ten Pound Poms
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