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Brochure - SS Oriana, P&O Line, circa 1962
Reg. No: HT 2662
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- Summary:
- Brochure issued by P&O Lines, circa 1962. It contains information for the ship SS Oriana. It is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.
The SS Oriana was launched by Princess Alexandra 3rd November 1959. She spent her early years in mail service between Britain and Australia via Suez, with occasional cruises and circle-Pacific voyages. In 1964, she set a new world record for the journey between Auckland and Sydney, taking 45 hours and 24 minutes. Oriana was transferred to ownership of P & O who dropped the 'Orient Line' from their name in 1966, and her hull was painted white. She continued voyages until 1986 when she was bought by a Japanese company Daiwa House Sales, for use as a tourist and cultural centre at Beppu on Kyushu Island. - Description:
- Folded double-sided pamphlet on matt paper. It contains colour illustrations of the ship, passengers, facilities and accommodation. The front cover depicts mermaid and merman with the sun.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr John McKay, 2003
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 20.9 cm (Height), 29.9 cm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | folded twice |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, advertising, shipping lines, shipping, shipping industry, ship memorabilia, pamphlets |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | WATER TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Shipping Lines |
| Tertiary Classification: | promotional materials |
| Inscriptions: | Front cover: "ORIANA" Printer: "The Baynard Press, London SW9" Brochure design: "Design Research Unit, London" Text: "Geoffrey Warren" Cover: "Lawrence Scarfe FSIA, ARCA" Illustrations: "Kenneth Browne ARIBA" Ship drawing on frontispiece: "Bernard Brett" |
| Manufactured For: | P & O Line, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1962 |
| Ship Depicted: | ., circa 1962 |
| User: | Mr John McKay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1962 Collected by John McKay |
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