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[Henriej35]

We came on the Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt.
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Henriette

[Hollander]

We came on the Aurelia via the Suez canal.

On board I made friends with an Australian boy called Ron from Collaroy Plateau, a northern suburb of Sydney. His parents were Dutch and his mother had taken him on a holiday back in Holland. They were going home to Australia on the Aurelia. By the time we reached Southampton he had told me of all the good food in Australia such as meat pies and milkshakes. He was sure that meat pies were available in the UK, but after walking all over Southampton, all we could come up with was cold pork pies. Yuchh!!! Didn't get my first milkshake until Fremantle and thankfully, it was a big improvement on the pork pie.

We arrived in Sydney in November 1964.

[robandjean]

Arrived on the Strathnaver December of 1960.Stayed at Berkeley hostel. I still remember a lot of the good times I had there with friends, Wish I could meet up with them again.

[DENIS ALLEN]

Arrived ss New Australia in Melbourne 6/3/52.

[martihb]

sitmar mv fairsea �10 poms to sydney 1961
sitmar castel felice passage paid �136 per person
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h.martin

[subeng]

Like a couple of other site members, we flew out to Australia on a BOAC 707 in Aug 68. Took us about two days with fuel and leg stretching stops.

Family returned to Scotland in Aug 71 on the TSS Fairstar leaving from Piermont Pier Sydney, with port calls at Auckland, Papeete, Balboa, Lisbon & Southampton.

Jim

[DaveO]

Fairstar
Hi, I arrived on the Fairstar on 31st December 1966. Dave
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My name is David O'Neill, from England and I was at Bradfield Park Hostel from 1966 to 1969, I was 3yo when I arrived.

[Val Phill]

My family arrived on the Oronsay on 21st May 1960. We are just about to celebrate 50 years in Australia with a family reunion. Of the original 7 who landed in 1960 there is now over 70 :)
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Val

[Janet Robinson]

How fabulous! What a lovely thing to read about.
We arrived as a family of 5 fifty years ago and sadly there's only me and my sister left. I have two children so I guess that makes us 4.

[longy62]

my family and i travelled from the UK on the Fairstar in May 1965. i have no memory of the trip as i was only 2 and a half years old. we stopped in melbourne for the day , then sailed on up to sydney. lived at the villawood hostel for a few months. my brothers were 12, 10 and 4 yrs older than i, and were able to remember parts of the 5wk trip

[Rod Slater]

My Family and I travelled from Tilbury Docks to Western Australia on the SS Maloja, departing UK on 24th September 1951 arrived in Fremantle (western Asutralia) 27th October 1952.

We travelled via Ceuta (Spanish Morroco), thru the mediterranean sea, Port Said, Aden and Colombo before arriving at Fremantle.

That was 59 years ago, I had just turned 9 four days before we departed UK but I can still remember the journey vividly.
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Rod Slater
Burswood
Western Australia
Born Leicester England 1942
Migrated to Australia October 1951
Via SS Maloja

[natalie10]

Hi , My name is Lynda, Our family arrived in Australia in 1952 on the SS Cameronia.It was a former troop ship carrier which was scuttled soon after.I remember steaming down the suez canel and stopping in Ceylon(Sri Lanka) I still have the carved elephants my mum bought there.We finally ended up at the Heathcote and East Hills migrant centre.

[AnaLevar]

My mother's from Glasgow and came here from Southampton on the Castel Felice in early 1962 or 63...not sure.

[alan]

We came out on the Sitmar line Fairstar, '67 or '68. Went through places such as Curacao, Panama canal and Tahiti along the way. Loved it all.
Crossing the equator people(victims) were subjected to mock surgery with blood and intestines all over the place, great fun.

[kate fletcher]

Strathnaver 1958. A wonderful voyage. Total luxury for me amd my parents. Nothing to do but enjoy ourselves and see the world. Not at all the life we were used to.
Holmesglen Hosteel brought us down to earth again!