Immigration STEAMing Into The Future


The voyage of MS Nelly, 1952. The migrant ship MS Nelly carried the first German migrants under the bilateral assisted passage scheme signed in 1952. National Archives of Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community.

19th Century Queensland immigrant’s shipkit State Library Of Queensland


The National Archives Sydney Office holds inwards and outwards ships passenger lists for the port of Sydney from 1923 onwards. Inwards passenger lists for 1923 to 1966 are available on microfilm in the Sydney Office research centre at Chester Hill and the Western Sydney Records Centre at Kingswood, NSW. An alphabetical card index by ship name.

The Australis ship English to Australia immigration helped change face of country Herald Sun


Immigrant Ship to Australia The Orcades left Tilbury Docks, London, for her maiden voyage to Australia on 14 December 1948, arriving in Fremantle on 6 January and Melbourne on 10 January.. article Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Fairsea, 1949-1969 The Fairsea holds an important place in the memory of many immigrants to Australia.

Assisted migration introduced Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom National Museum


Route: Southampton, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney via Suez. Speed: 27.5 knots. Voyage: 28 days. Length: 804 feet (245.1m) Passengers: 638 first class, 1496 tourist. Tons: 41,915. To find out more information about the history and construction of types of vessels or particular ships, browse through the other topics in our research guides.

Post World War II Migrant Ship History Fairsea, 19491969


Australian shipping and passenger records. Ship passengers relaxing on deck, 1870-1900, nla.obj-146719701. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict.

Websites to find images of ships immigration to Australia Sailing ships, Sailing, Ship


Immigrant Ship to Australia The Australis left Piraeus, Greece, for her first immigrant voyage to Australia on 21 August 1965, reaching Fremantle on 6 September and Melbourne on 13 September.. article Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Fairsea, 1949-1969 The Fairsea holds an important place in the memory of many immigrants to Australia.

Journeys to Australia Immigration Museum


When launched on 25 August 1949, she provided accommodation for 721 passengers in a single class, unlike other ships in the Union-Castle Line.. Immigrant Ship to Australia The Patris left Piraeus, Greece, for her first immigrant voyage to Australia on 14 December 1959, reaching Fremantle on 2 January 1960 and Melbourne on 7 January..

Immigrant Ship, 1906, S.S. Patricia in New York harbor Wall Art, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints


Great Passenger Ships of the World series. Vols 1-6. Arnold Kludas. New York. P.Stephens, 1985-1986. 387.2432 KLU A good series on passenger liners. Ships That Passed. By Scott Baty. French's Forest, N.S.W. Reed, 1984. 387.24320994 BAT Covers passenger liners on the Australian run. Passenger Ships of Australia and New Zealand Vols 1 (1876-1912.

1945 1965 Australia's migration history timeline NSW Migration Heritage Centre


Period Events 1947: Australia's first migrant reception centre opened at Bonegilla, Victoria - the first assisted migrants were received there in 1951.: 1948: Australia signed Peace treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary and accepted immigrants from these countries.: 1949: In 1949 assisted arrivals reached more than 118,800, four times the 1948 figure.

SS New Australia 1949 & SS Arkadia 1958


Postwar immigration drive. Between 1945 and 1965, two million immigrants arrived in Australia. The decision by the Australian Government to open up the nation in this way was based on the notion of 'populate or perish' that emerged in the wake of the Second World War. Among the new immigrants were the first government-sanctioned non-British.

Postwar immigration drive National Museum of Australia


Probably compiled in 1887. 1888-1893, 1896-1940 Australia, South Australia, Lists of outgoing passengers departing from Port Adelaide for overseas ports, 1888-1893, 1896-1940 at FamilySearch Catalog; index & images. 1888-1910 Inwards passenger lists to South Australia 1888-1910, index and images.

Italian migrant returns home after six decades to visit family ABC News


Passenger. arrival records. Passenger arrival records can be a treasure trove of family history. These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. Before 1948, every passenger ship or aircraft captain provided a list of passengers on their vessel when they arrived. From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards.

Journeys to Australia Immigration Museum


Auckland, N.Z. Auckland University Press, c2006. 304.893041 HAS. Covers immigration and ocean travel to New Zealand in the later part of the 19th century. The Leaving from Liverpool website at the Merseyside Maritime Museum explores the experience of immigration to Australia in 1858.

IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO AUSTRALIA by Smyth, Dacre (1992) Signed by Author(s) Kay Craddock


Immigrant Ship to Australia. The Fairsea made several journeys to Australia under the IRO from 1949 to 1951, carrying displaced persons affected by World War II. She departed Naples, Italy for her maiden immigrant voyage to Australia on 11 May 1949, reaching Melbourne on 9 June. She regularly travelled to Australia from Italy carrying refugees.

SS New Australia 1949 & SS Arkadia 1958


These passenger lists contain individuals and families that migrated to Australia during and after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Other information can be found at "The Fifth.

Immigrant Ships Dacre Smyth


Immigrant Ship to Australia. The Fairsea made several journeys to Australia under the IRO from 1949 to 1951, carrying displaced persons affected by World War II. She departed Naples, Italy for her maiden immigrant voyage to Australia on 11 May 1949, reaching Melbourne on 9 June. She regularly travelled to Australia from Italy carrying refugees.

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