Digital Photograph - View of the White Star Liner MV 'Georgic' & Passengers, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1949

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Digital Photograph - View of the White Star Liner MV 'Georgic' & Passengers, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1949

Summary:: Black and white photograph showing a view of MV 'Georgic', the ship the Atkinson family arrived on as British migrants to Australia. According to the family it was 'the first all-British migrant ship. The 'MV 'Georgic' left Liverpool in Britain on 11th January 1949 and arrived at Station Pier in Port Melbourne, Australia on 12th February 1949.

A motor-ship, the 'Georgic' was the last liner built for the White Star shipping line. She was constructed by Harland and Wolff Ltd in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the early 1930s. Her inaugural voyage was in June 1932 on the Liverpool to New York route. In 1934 Cunard merged with White Star, and the 'Georgic' was then based in London. In 1940, during World War Two, the 'Georgic' was refitted as a military personnel transport ship. The following year the ship was bombed and suffered great damage. After being rebuilt, the 'Georgic' continued to provide war service and repatriation work until 1948. She was then refitted once more as a one-class emigrant carrier for the Australian government. In 1955 the ship was de-commissioned.
Description:: Digital image file. A digital photograph was taken of the original black and white print.
Description Of Content:: Side view of a passenger liner, the 'Georgic' from the pier. Two men are walking in front of the photographer. Two levels of the ship are visible and crowds of people are looking out.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mrs Joan Kimberley, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Mrs Joan Kimberley

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Tagged with:	immigration, ports, tweedale, pier 21 halifax, im trying to find my mother in laws name from the last voyage of mv georgic from southampton to nyc 1954. her name was jean towle., -1, immigrant voyages
Themes this item is part of:	Post World War II Immigration in Photographs, Migration Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Processing - Arrival
Tertiary Classification:	piers
People Depicted:	unknown
Organisations Depicted:	Station Pier; 'Georgic'; White Star Line; Port of Melbourne
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1949 Source of Date Depicted: Date the family arrived in Australia.
Photographer:	Unknown
References:	Ships That Passed, Scott Baty, Reed Books, Frenchs Forest, 1984, pp. 149-1950.

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patricia anne sutcliffe nee burrell Posted on 13 Dec 2009 10:51 PM

how would i find the passenger list or imformation on rms georgic arriving at port melbourneFEBRUARY 1949 I was a passenger on the boat thankyou p a sutcliffe.

Discovery Centre Posted on 14 Dec 2009 4:19 PM

Hi, Patricia. Passenger lists for arrivals in Australia are kept by the National Archives of Australia. It is relatively easy to see such documents if you know the name of the ship and the date of its arrival in an Australian port. For further information contact the National Archives directly; their contact details are available at the following website: http://www.naa.gov.au/info/contact.aspx

andrew plumstead Posted on 09 Mar 2010 10:18 PM

i would like to receive a passenger list, as i was on this ship

Discovery Centre Posted on 11 Mar 2010 1:10 PM

Hi Andrew - As noted above, passenger lists for arrivals in Australia are kept by the National Archives of Australia: www.naa.gov.au You can search for records online via the ‘RecordSearch’ function: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx For records not yet digitised you will need to contact the National Archives directly; their contact details are available at the following website: http://www.naa.gov.au/info/contact.aspx

Alan Plumstead Posted on 03 Apr 2010 11:41 PM

I would like to contact the Andrew Plumstead who posted a comment 09 march 2010. Can you arrange?

Mike Heywood Posted on 20 Dec 2010 2:28 PM

Another source for passenger lists are ocean liner memorabilia collectors. I have several passenger lists from the MV Georgic, but not for the passage in question. I came over to the USA on the Georgic in 1952. Then it was steaming from Southampton.

john kahlow Posted on 07 Apr 2011 8:21 PM

MV Georgic sailed from Liverpool to Mombasa Kenya in 1954, I forget the date.I was with 1st Batt The Rifle Brigade.

Gordon Warren Posted on 20 Apr 2011 8:34 AM

When MV Georgic was a troopship it was 'my transportation ' to the Middle East . I have a framed painting of the ship done by Walter Thomas, which will be posted for sale shortly.

Kathy Thomas Posted on 19 Oct 2011 11:05 AM

I am trying to trace my cousin who went to Sydney, Australia, on the SS Georgis sailing from Liverpool in Oct 1949. The info above relates to a sailing in Jan 1949. Does anyone know where I can get info about a possible Oct sailing?

Doreen Grant Posted on 20 Mar 2012 11:05 PM

My parents & brother were passengers on MV Georgic arriving in Port of Melb. Feb 1949. My brother & I were pictured onboard the ship by a "Sun" photographer & picture was in the next morning's paper. I was also pictured as a tot in a kilt with another lad dressed in his kilt. I would be most interested to find out who this lad was & also get a copy of the picture & article.
Thanking anyone who may be in a position to assist me.

Discovery Centre Posted on 21 Mar 2012 10:48 AM

Hi Doreen, the State Library of Victoria holds microfilm of the Sun in its collection as do a number of other Australian state libraries if you are not in Victoria. If you are not able to get in to look at these you might try contacting the Herald Sun, which took over the Sun, to see if they can provide you with this from their archives.

frank mitchell Posted on 29 Jun 2012 2:12 AM

here is a website to google about m.v.georgic and other ships...there are other links you can get onto once on the main link...this link is mainly about polish immagrants on the ships comeing to england and all their names and where they were sent to in england..very informative..the link to goole is...http://www.polishresettlecampsintheuk.co.uk/passengerlist/georgic1948.htm...as I said once on this link it opens others...hope this is of a little help to people...good hunting...frank mitchell.

Discovery Centre Posted on 29 Jun 2012 3:53 PM

Hi Frank, thanks for your comment and the great link ... we just noticed that the link is a little incorrect. We think the correcto one is www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk/passengerlist/georgic1948.htm

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Colin Gatehouse Posted on 08 Mar 2013 6:18 PM

I was on the Georgic as a 15 year-old with my family when she left Liverpool on Oct 7th arriving in Melbourne November 7th. I would like to contact others who were on that voyage.

Nancy Fisher Posted on 11 May 2013 9:02 AM

I just found a picture post card of this vessel. The post card is old in appearance and has no date on it. Do you think someone would want this post card.? I found it in a box of very old family pictures.