Summary

Brochure issued by P&O Line, in 1968. It contains information for fares, ports and routes, for various Orient Line ships. It is part of a collection of 175 items of post-war ship memorabilia collected by John McKay. John began collecting shipping brochures as a boy through an interest in travel and later used some of the material in his professional capacity as a Geography and Social Studies teacher. He finally made a voyage himself in 1957-1958, to England to attend a scouting jamboree, although he ended up staying for 18 months. He remembers lots of Australians going over at that time, and references to Earls Court as 'Kangaroo Alley'.

Physical Description

Folded double-sided brochure on matt paper. It contains information for the ships Arcadia, Canberra, Cathay, Chitral, Chusan, Himalaya, Iberia, Orcades, Oriana, Oronsay and Orsova. The brochure gives details of cabins and gradings, fares, port passenger agents and addresses, port tax and a route map. The front and back covers have black and white illustrations of the 'Oriana' with a red background. All brochure text and illustrations in red, white and black.

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