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packing for Perth

packing for Perth phrase: the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia).

Phrase

packing for Perth

  1. (South Africa, informal) the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)

Origin of packing for Perth

In reference to the fact that Perth has a large South African Australian community (likely due to its closer proximity to Africa than the rest of Australia). The initialism of this phrase is "PFP", which was also used as an abbreviation for the Progressive Federal Party, a liberal and anti-apartheid political party that existed from 1977 until 1989 that drew the majority of its support from White South Africans who spoke English as their first language.

Questions about packing for Perth

What does packing for Perth mean?
Packing for Perth means the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia).
What part of speech is packing for Perth?
Packing for Perth is a phrase.

Words near packing for Perth in the dictionary

  1. packing a sad
  2. packing a wallop
  3. packing away
  4. packing case
  5. packing cases
  6. packing for Perth
  7. packing fudge
  8. packing heat
  9. packing in
  10. packing needle
  11. packing needles

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