In 1948, an Elm Park resident tried a novel approach.
Would-be migrants could move up the queue if they had a sponsor in Australia, who would guarantee them accommodation and support on arrival.
Frank Scruton, of Elm Park Avenue, wrote to the Brisbane Telegraph appealing for someone to nominate his family. Frank was prepared to go anywhere and do anything.
An experienced butcher, he d additional experience as a dock worker, bus conductor, decorator and gardener.
Australia, with a population of only eight million, needed people to fill its empty continent, so Frank enclosed an engaging picture of his four children, aged six to 12.