When Mum and Dad migrated from India in 1995, their friends told them that they wouldn't even be able to buy pots and pans in Australia! At that time, many people from India were migrating to the UK, to the USA, to Canada. But people even had difficulty saying the word Australia! So there was a lot of misinformation.
Accordingly, my parents brought plenty of kitchen stuff with them on the plane. But upon arrival, they were greeted by Social Services with a few mattresses and a bag full of things which included, guess what . . .