Border guards beside a train on the Italian border
Black and white photographic print showing the German/ Italian border. Two Italian border guards, in full uniform, including hats and guns, are walking alongside the train. A passenger with his head stuck out of the window is to the front of the photographer. An inscription on the reverse reads: `Border guards in Italy / November 1948 / Alex Nypl / (Newman)'. Alex Nypl was a Czechoslovakian migrant who arrived in Melbourne on PROTEA, 23 December 1948.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection.
Object no. ANMS0287[036] ANMM Collection Gift from Alex Newman
The Australian National Maritime Museum will be holding an after-dark lightshow based on stories of migration from 26 January to 17 February 2013. Check the website for more information on 'Waves of Migration', and how you can tell share your migration story.
Border guards beside a train on the Italian border
Black and white photographic print showing the German/ Italian border. Two Italian border guards, in full uniform, including hats and guns, are walking alongside the train. A passenger with his head stuck out of the window is to the front of the photographer. An inscription on the reverse reads: `Border guards in Italy / November 1948 / Alex Nypl / (Newman)'. Alex Nypl was a Czechoslovakian migrant who arrived in Melbourne on PROTEA, 23 December 1948.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection.
Object no. ANMS0287[036] ANMM Collection Gift from Alex Newman
The Australian National Maritime Museum will be holding an after-dark lightshow based on stories of migration from 26 January to 17 February 2013. Check the website for more information on 'Waves of Migration', and how you can tell share your migration story.