Summary
Dinner Menu from the P&O Line Ship SS Stratheden for the 8 August 1963. It was collected by James Mason when he migrated to Australia with his wife and two children as 'ten pound tourists' in 1963. During the voyage James avidly collected the menus and approached the steward to obtain extras but he was unable to collect a full set. On arrival in Australia they stayed with James' brother-in-law and then purchased land in Altona almost immediately, where they have lived ever since.
Physical Description
Shipboard menu approx. A5 size cardboard. Orange front with cartoon style drawing of people playing quoits tennis, sitting in deck chairs and leaning over the railing on board the ship.
Significance
Menus provide an evocative symbol of the migrant journey experience. Many people keep their menus as mementoes of a momentous experience in their lives. They also provide a way of documenting the dietary shifts over time of shipboard food and ways in which menu artwork was used to promote a variety of themes - whether relating to the country of origin of the ship, or in this case, the country of destination and shipboard activities.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr James Mason, 17 Jul 2003
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Inscriptions
Reverse, printed: Quoits Tennis/This can only be confused with the wooden-batted deck/tennis at the risk of embarrassment and even disqualifica-/tion. In quoits tennis the quoit is hurled to and fro across/a high net. Deck tennis, on the other hand, requires a ball/to be struck over a lower net. This is sometimes achieved./In both games the use of the voice is permitter, though not/overly encouraged. We know of some dedicated prac-/titioners who say not a word until: 'My game, I think'./Ladies will find that quoits tennis removes unwanted/ounces, promotes a good complexion, and chips away old/varnish from the nails./This is one of a series of six menus designed for P & O-Orient/Lines by Dorrit Dekk./Printed in England at the Baynard Press.
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Overall Dimensions
24.2 cm (Length), 16.5 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Assisted Immigration, British Immigration, Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Immigration Policies, Shipping, Ten Pound Tourists
