Item HT 54785 Letter - World Travel Services to B. Adams, Melbourne, 5 May 1967

Summary

Letter detailing amount owing and total cost of passage to the UK and return passage to Australia. The letter advises that the initial passage is set on the SS Arcadia leaving on 30 May 1967 at a cost of $388, with an open dated return passage on the SS Orsova at a cost of $422. Embarkation and Disembarkation taxes are included, as is the UK passport fee. Beryl Adams came to Australia as an assisted migrant from England on the Orient Line SS Oronsay in 1959. She then travelled back to England to visit family in 1967 on the SS Arcadia, and returned to Australia in 1968 on the SS Oriana.

Physical Description

Letter typed on A4 letterhead paper, the logo is printed in grey and red, and details have been added manually via typewriter.

Significance

This collection comprises of approximately 180 objects that relate to shipboard life and international travel for leisure in the post-World War II period. The items detail the voyages of Beryl Adams, initially as a new migrant to Australia, a return visit to the UK and her return to Australia. All three voyages were made on the P & O / Orient Line ships; SS Oronsay in 1959, SS Arcadia in 1967 and the SS Oriana in 1968. The collection is primarily made up of shipboard ephemera, such as menus, port information and souvenir postcards alongside a personal narrative. The significance of the collection lies in the connection of the three separate voyages to one person, and contributes to the ongoing narrative of migration and international travel to and from Australia.