Summary
Letter from Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter dated 22 December 1938. Anna thanks Robert Salter for his Christmas gift and sends her best wishes for his reunion with his fiancée. Robert migrated to Australia from Austria, fleeing Vienna just before the German annexation of Austria in 1938. Robert had applied for residency in Australia five months before leaving Vienna but could not wait for approval as he was in danger of being arrested.
He journeyed on two ships from Rotterdam to Melbourne via Indonesia and Brisbane, but found when he arrived in Brisbane that his application for residency had been rejected. With the help of William Maloney, a federal Member of Parliament who befriended him, Robert was finally able to obtain permits for himself, as well as for his parents, his fiancee Ida and his friend who had accompanied him on the journey.
Physical Description
Folded letter hand written on one half only, headed Federal Members Room, House of Representatives, from Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter, Carlton, dated 22 December 1938.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Michael Salter, 31 Jul 2008
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Addressed To
Mr. Robert Salter, 75 Palmerston Street, Carlton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 Dec 1938
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Sender
Anna Hardmack, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 Dec 1938
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Inscriptions
Text, printed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES/FEDERAL MEMBERS' ROOMS/318 POST OFFICE PLACE/BOX 1692P/MELBOURNE, C.1./Dear Mr. Salter/On my return from/lunch I found your Xmas gift &/thank you sincerely & appreciate your/kind thought./May I wish you the/best of good Yuntif & that your/business will be successful & that/your young lady will be with/you very soon.
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Overall Dimensions
127 mm (Width), 202 mm (Height)
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References
Video interview with Robert Salter particularly regarding his tailoring period in Flinders Lane - conducted by Jewish Museum of Australia for Schmutta Business exhibition, 2002? Article: Salter, Robert 'Flinders Lane.Memory Lane' The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society, Vol 10, Part 7, 1989 Interview transcript: Robert Salter interviewed by son, date?. Copies of selection of photos, including one showing Robert wearing the overcoat in the months before fleeing Vienna.
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Keywords
Clothing Trade, Flinders Lane Rag Trade, Jewish Communities, Jewish Immigration, Refugees, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945
