Summary

80 piece multicoloured cardboard jigsaw puzzle. It features an image of the ship 'Oriana' docked in Sydney Harbour, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. The Oriana arrived in Sydney on multiple occasions circa 1959-1970.

Part of a collection of objects, documents and photographs from the Saunders family home in Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne. Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders (nee Elliott) (1894-1971) and James (Jimmy) Farr Saunders (1888-1974) bought the house in 1928, financed by the State Savings Bank of Victoria. James was a stevedore, working on the Melbourne docks, notably Station Pier, and was actively involved in the Port Phillip Stevedores Association and later the Waterside Workers' Federation. Elizabeth Jane was a skilled seamstress, making clothing for her family, mending, creating soft furnishings such as cushions and blankets, and doing decorative needlework. They had five children, of whom four survived to adulthood. After Elizabeth and James passed away their daughter Elizabeth Euphemia, a dental nurse and later language teacher, became the sole occupant of the house, carefully preserving its contents as decades passed. Her niece proposed the donation of the household contents to Museum Victoria, a rare and significant record of 20th century family life in Melbourne.

Physical Description

Rectangular, multicoloured cardboard jigsaw puzzle consisting of 80 irregular shaped pieces forming the image of the ship 'Oriana' in the Sydney Harbour. Jigsaw puzzle has all pieces. Puzzle is wrapped in a clear plastic wrap and secured on the back with sticky tape. Back of jigsaw puzzle is brown cardboard.

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