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For passengers of the Fifth Fleet, their families and friends
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Just to get the conversation started...
Five voyages to Australia during 1949-50, bringing more than 3000 people
Five "and a half" voyages brought more than 9,000 to Australia
One voyage to Sydney, bringing 1112 Displaced Persons on 18 November 1950
Brought 766 Displaced Persons to Sydney on 5 October 1949
Made the most voyages in the Fifth Fleet--13 trips brought nearly 12,000 passengers
One voyage in October 1948 brought 725 to Sydney
Seven trips in 1949-50 brought more than 7,000 to Melbourne and Newcastle
Ten trips during 1949-51 brought more than 18,000 Displaced Persons
Three trips in 1949-50 brought more than 3,000 people
In two trips to Sydney in 1949 and 1950, this ship brought more than 2,000 passengers
Two 1950 trips brought more than 2500 to Sydney and Melbourne
This ship brought more than 2,000 on two trips to Sydney and Newcastle in 1949-50
The Second Transport made four more trips, bringing more than 5,000 altogether
This ship brought more than 4,000 on three trips in 1949-50
Two trips in 1949 brought 1,684 to Sydney
Two trips in 1949-50 brought 2,400 passengers to Melbourne
Two voyages in 1949-50 brought 2,400 to Sydney
Three voyages in 1948-50 brought more than 3,000 to Sydney
Was this your ship?
Four trips, including one bringing Poles from Kenya!
Two trips brought 2,600 to Melbourne in 1949-50
The Third Transport made three more trips, bringing more than 4,000 to Melbourne and Sydney
This "transport" made eight trips during 1949-51, bringing nearly 7,000 people
Four voyages to Melbourne in 1949-50 and nearly 4,000 passengers
A special ship: assistant to the First Transport in 1947 and the only Australian-flagged ship ever to carry migrants here (429 DP men to Fremantle in October 1948)
One troubled voyage as far as Fremantle, completed to Melbourne by the Nelly
One trip only, bringing 844 to Sydney on 7 September 1949
One trip only, bringing 900 to Melbourne on 11 May 1949
Made two trips in March and May 1949, with 902 passengers each time, for Melbourne and Fremantle
The "luxury liner" of the Fifth Fleet brought 1525 to Melbourne on 23 February 1949
A workhorse, bringing 1500 or more on 8 of her 9 trips: a total of 13,307 during 1949-51
Five voyages in 1949-50 brought 3,300 passengers to Fremantle, Adelaide and Newcastle
Five voyages in 1948-50 carried 4,700 to Melbourne and Sydney
One voyage arrived in Newcastle on 18 December 1950 with 949 Displaced Persons
Made four trips to Melbourne in 1951, bringing nearly 4,000 passengers
Eight voyages during 1949-50 brought more than 14,000 people
Made six voyages in 1948-49, brought more than 5,000 Displaced Persons to Melbourne and Sydney
One voyage to Sydney brought 500 people on 24 January 1949
Six trips in 1948-49 brought more than 5,000 Displaced Persons to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
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Was this the voyage of your life?
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The first and largest Reception and Training Centre
The second of the Reception and Training Centres
The major camp in the West
Let us know where you were--perhaps old friends can reunite
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