Summary
This photograph shows a crowd farewelling 'HMAS Westralia' with streamers at Station Pier, in 27 December 1952. The photographer Roy Leibig was farewelling his brother off to Sydney. His brother would visit from Western Australia and then go up to Sydney by ship.
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Side view of ship and pier, from the pier, with crowds holding streamers. The stairway to the ship is still down.
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Copied
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Place & Date Depicted
Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 Dec 1952
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unknown
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Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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Inscriptions
3-11 / 2-4 / 'Westralia' / off to Sydney / Sat., Dec., 27.52.
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