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Certificate - Crossing the Equator, MS Nelly, Wittusen & Jensen AS, 3 Jun 1950
Reg. No: HT 600
- Summary:
- Crossing the Equator Certificate, published by Wittusen & Jensen AS, circa 1950. It was issued to passengers on the MS Nelly for crossing the equator on 3 June 1950. This certificate was given to either Nicolae or Barbara Condurateanu on their voyage to Australia in 1950.
Nicolae Condurateanu was a Romanian who was placed in a POW camp during WWII in Germany. He met his wife Barbara, also a Romanian, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp, where Nicolae was Barbara had spent WWII in a Russian POW camp and was meant to have been on a train back to Romania. The couple married in 1948 at the A1 Heetre Camp and immigrated to Australia in 1950, where Nicolae worked in a Tea factory and Barbara at the Four and Twenty Pie factory. They had no family in Australia and had to rely on each other for support eventually purchasing a house and establishing a life in their new country. - Description:
- Rectangular cream certificate with a boarder of sea creatures, and a picture of mermaids and king Neptune at the top of the certificate. There is extensive black text and the certificate has been signed and stamped in purple ink.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 2001
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 25.40 cm (Height), 34.90 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | displaced persons, immigration, migrant camps, migrant hostels, migrant reception centres, romanian communities, romanian immigration, certificates, crossing the equator ceremonies |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Travel - Shipboard Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | recreation |
| Inscriptions: | Text: IMPERIUM NEPTUNI REGIS/ [extensive text] |
| Publisher: | Wittusen and Jensen AS, Oslo, Norway, circa 1950 |
| Ship Depicted: | MS Nelly, 1950 |
| Issued To: | Nicolae Condurateanu, 3 Jun 1950 Possible |
| Issued To: | Barbara Condurateanu, 3 Jun 1950 Possible |
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