Summary
Shipboard Newsletter 'Giornale Di Bordo' (Logbook) issued by Lloyd Triestino Lines. Used on the MV Oceania on 20 October 1955. The newsletter is two pages in length and provides brief information from a number of world cities. It is part of a collection of shipboard souvenirs collected by Margaret Wood an officer in the Department of Immigration from 1951-1960. As part of her role Margaret often met migrant ships arriving at Station Pier in Melbourne and she often received gifts from ship staff
Margaret first worked in the Department of Alien Assimilation which focused on migrants post arrival, before moving to the Assisted Division which handled the reception of assisted European migrants arriving in Melbourne. Her final position was working for the General Assisted Passage Scheme, assisting migrants from the US, Scandinavia and Switzerland who came individually on general ships as opposed to migrant ships. She recalls her time with the Department with great pleasure. She was a young single woman and had just finished an Arts degree at Melbourne University. When she applied to the Public Service, she was placed with the Department of Immigration, as she spoke German. She left when she married in 1961 as per the policy at that time.
Physical Description
Two page typed newsletter on pale blue paper with purple type, and a blue header.
More Information
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Collection Names
Margaret Wood Immigration & Shipping Collection, Immigration Shipping Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Margaret Wood, 21 Aug 2003
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Manufactured For
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Place & Date Used
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User
Mrs Margaret Wood, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955
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Inscriptions
Text: GIORNALE DI BORDO/del Lloyd Triestino/(WIRELESS DAILY BULLETIN).
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
32.2 cm (Length), 21 cm (Width)
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Exhibition Collection Management
322 mm (Length), 210 mm (Width)
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Keywords
Immigrant Shipping, Immigrant Voyages, Immigration, Newsletters, Shipping, Station Pier, Women's Work