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#1 2006-07-19 19:01:26
- tundern
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What ship did you come on?
Let us know the name and date of the ship which brought you, family members or friends to Australia, so that former shipmates can reunite!
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#2 2006-07-24 04:58:46
- goya
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Re: What ship did you come on?
Greetings
My family came on the Goya in 1949. The family name was Risch. The ship transport listing on this site does not include an arrival by this ship in Melbourne in December (26) in 1949. My mother maintains is the correct date of arrival.
From the Goya we were loaded onto a train and went straight to Bonegilla and then much later to a migrant Holding Camp in West Sale in Victoria.
The family of two adults and two children (yes we still have the three wooden suitcases) are now spread between Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
I would very much appreciate contact with other migrants/refugees from this era.
regards - Goya
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#3 2009-03-14 06:21:37
Re: What ship did you come on?
General CC Ballou to Sydney on 23 March 1950 with 1266 refugees.
Bathurst Migrant Camp (Migrant Reception and Training Centre)
Greeks from Romania but Stateless to come to Australia
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#4 2009-06-15 18:25:04
- garfy
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Re: What ship did you come on?
My mother and her family arrived in Melbourne on the SS Nelly on 15 September 1949
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#5 2009-09-25 21:40:43
- tundern
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Re: What ship did you come on?
A belated welcome, garfy!
Can you please post that message to the Nelly forum as well? More chance then of finding others from the same voyage.
Best wishes,
Ann (Admin)
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