Summary
German language newsletter 'Fair Sea Gazette' issued to passenger's travelling on the Sitmar Line ship MV Fairsea on 17 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 the Fair Sea passenger liner steaming along inside it.
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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/ NUMMER 19./ 17. AUG. 1949/ MITTWOCH/ [Extensive text in German underneath]
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overall dimensions
21.2 cm (Length), 0.1 cm (Width), 33.6 cm (Height)
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Keywords
German Immigration, Hungarian Communities, Hungarian Immigration, Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Migration & Settlement, Newspapers, Shipping Lines