Summary
Leaflet titled 'Instructions for Forwarding Passengers' Baggage' issued by P&O Lines to the Booth Family, in 1956. This leaflet was used by the Booth family as they prepared to migrate to Australia. The Booth family, Ronald, Joan and their two children Ronald and Martin, migrated to Australia in 1956 under the assisted passage scheme. They left London on 18 May aboard the Strathaird and arrived in Australia in June. When they arrived in Melbourne they were taken to the migrant centre at the Royal Exhibition Building for processing and were then sent to the Brooklyn Hostel. They found Australia to be very different to how it was described in all the promotional literature they had been given in England, however they were made to feel very welcome.
Physical Description
4-page leaflet with text printed in black ink on white paper.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Ron Booth, 21 Dec 1998
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Publisher
Peninsula & Orient Steam Navigation Co., London, England, Great Britain, 1956
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User
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Inscriptions
Printed text: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation/Company/ INSTRUCTIONS/for Forwarding Passengers'/Baggage for Steamers Loading/AT TILBURY DOCK [Extensive text]
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Reference materials
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
12.9 cm (Length), 20.4 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Assisted Immigration, British Immigration, Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Migration & Settlement, Shipping Lines, Ten Pound Tourists