Editing Nevil Shute (section)

== Activities after the war ==
In 1948, Shute flew his own [[Percival Proctor]] aeroplane to Australia and back, accompanied by the writer [[James Riddell (skier)|James Riddell]], who published a book, ''Flight of Fancy,'' based on the trip, in 1950.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nevilshute.org/Reviews/flightoffancy.php|title=Nevil Shute Foundation—Title|website=Nevil Shute Foundation|access-date=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140722/https://www.nevilshute.org/Reviews/flightoffancy.php|archive-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

On his return, concerned about what he saw as he "felt oppressed by British taxation", he decided that he and his family would move to Australia. In 1950, he settled with his wife and two daughters on farmland at [[Langwarrin]], south-east of [[Melbourne]].<ref>Croft (2002)</ref> Remembering his 1930 trip to Canada and his decision to immigrate to Australia, he wrote, in 1954, "For the first time in my life I saw how people live in an English-speaking country outside England."{{sfn|Shute|1954|pp=113-114}} Although he intended to remain in Australia, he did not apply for [[Australian citizenship]], which was at that time a mere formality because he was a [[British citizen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Citizenship in Australia – Fact sheet 187|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs187.aspx|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=28 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122112713/http://naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs187.aspx|archive-date=22 January 2013}}</ref> In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the world's best-selling novelists.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Meacham|first1=Steve|title=Remaindered with little honour in his adopted land|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/24/1058853193968.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=25 July 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507021356/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/24/1058853193968.html|archive-date=7 May 2008}}</ref> Between 1956 and 1958 in Australia, he took up car racing as a hobby, driving a white [[Jaguar XK140]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo Timeline 1951–1960 page 5|url=http://www.nevilshute.org/PhotoLine/PLD-1951-1960/pl-1951-1960-05.php|publisher=Nevil Shute Norway Foundation|access-date=11 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419180231/http://www.nevilshute.org/PhotoLine/PLD-1951-1960/pl-1951-1960-05.php|archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> Some of this experience found its way into his book ''On the Beach''.

Shute died in Melbourne in 1960 after a stroke.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939151,00.html "Books: The Two Lives of Nevil Shute"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220011228/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939151,00.html |date=20 February 2011 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 25 January 1960. Retrieved 24 April 2011.</ref>