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Booklet - 'List of Passengers & General Information', Orient Line, 31 May 1955
Reg. No: HT 13806
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- Summary:
- Booklet titled 'List of Passengers & General Information' manufactured for the Orient Line. It was given to Percival Alfred (Pat) Thomas on the SS Orontes, in 1955. It details the names of each passenger (Pat and Amy's names are marked in pen), and provides general information. Pat migrated to Australia in 1955, on the voyage he struck up a friendship with Amy McCloskey, who was returning home from a year's working holiday in England, the pair had dinner together every night on the voyage. Most of the immigrants on the voyage were put in the bottom half of the ship but Pat was on E Deck like Amy because he had paid his own fare. In Melbourne Pat left the ship, to stay with a cousin, and Amy returned home to Sydney, they corresponded and Pat visited Amy in Sydney. They were married in 1958 and lived in Noble Park. They had two children and often returned to England by ship for holidays.
- Description:
- Card cover with soft paper pages. Two staples. Black printed text and brown printed headlines.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Amy Thomas, 2005
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 12.70 cm (Width), 19.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, immigrant voyages, shipping lines, immigrant shipping, shipping industry, ship memorabilia |
| Themes this item is part of: | Pat Thomas, English Migrant, & Amy McCloskey, 1955, Migration Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Travel - Shipboard Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | passenger lists |
| Inscriptions: | Text, front cover: ORIENT LINES/TO AUSTRALIA/LIST OF PASSENGERS/AND GENERAL/INFORMATION. |
| Manufactured For: | Orient Line, London, England, Great Britain, 31 May 1955 |
| Place Used: | Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited (Orient Line), 1955 |
| User: | Mr Percival Thomas, 1955 |
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