It is plausible that Australians at the time "pommy" was coined were at least as familiar with pomegranates as apples. The so-called "native apple trees" (angophora spp) are enormous eucalypt-like trees with no edible fruit. The "kangaroo apple" mentioned in 1856 was a solanum the colour of a tomato. There was a native fruit tree whose common name was "native pomegranate" at least 160 years ago. The Gardener's Chronicle of 1843 provides instructions on when to prune pomegranate trees. The "Geography of the Australian Colonies" of 1854 records: The whole of Australia is now famed for the goodness and variety of its fruits peaches, apricots, nectarines, oranges, lemons, guavas, loquats, cherries, walnuts, almonds, grapes, pears, pomegranates, and melons, attain the highest maturity. In my backyard there are over 20 species of fruit - but no apples, because standard varieties of apple prefer the climate out west or way down south. People who tell you that 'pom' is an acronym from 'prisoner of his majesty' or 'prisoner of mother England' are mistaken. It's Sydney rhyming slang for 'immigrant', and it dates to about 1912 more than sixty years after the end of transportation to New South Wales. The comparison to apples comes naturally to the English, but perhaps not to the early Australians. In the first place, the word 'pom' or 'pommie' has nothing to do with convicts. This is not a a derogatory fish for the origin - My ancestry is Welsh, Scottish and Irish and my father lived his formative years in London. I have seen so many references, I thought this would be the best resource I could access! There must be someone from Great Britain or and ex-pat that has researched this topic. To my knowledge, this day is a celebration of the British first claim on the colony of New South Wales (Australia) Well, NO, we are now a Federated Country of six states and two territories.Ĭan anyone give me any enlightenment on this. This has come up because today in Australia, is the 26th January - Australia Day. My research suggests that this slang term originated long after the convict (first settlement) of Australia. This was in relation to an acronym "prisoners of His Magesty" supposedly, Pomh. al.) call people from Great Britain - "Poms". Hi my friends, I have been given a somewhat suspect reason for the reason Australian's (et.
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