Summary
German language newsletter 'Fair Sea Gazette' issued to passenger's travelling on the Sitmar Line ship MV Fairsea on 16 August 1949. It was collected by Lou (Lajos) Bartha when he immigrated to Australia from Hungary on the MV Fairsea in 1949.
Physical Description
Single-sided one page newspaper with various German language text in black ink. At the top of the newspaper is a printed sketch of a map of Australia, with a passenger liner steaming towards it, while an eye is peering at the ship through a magnifying glass.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Lou Bartha, 03 Nov 1999
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Inscriptions
Printed on top of newspaper: "FAIR SEA"/ GAZETTE/ WELCOME IN AUSTRALIA/ Nr. 18, Dienstag, 16 Aug. 1949./ [Extensive text in German underneath
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overall dimensions
21.5 cm (Length), 0.1 cm (Width), 34.5 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
345 mm (Length), 215 mm (Width), 1 mm (Height)
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Keywords
German Immigration, Hungarian Communities, Hungarian Immigration, Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Migration & Settlement, Newspapers, Shipping Lines
