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Migrants onboard PROTEA, on the voyage to Australia

Black and white photographic print depicting a group of seven people standing on the upper deck of PROTEA. An inscription reading: `On board of / PROTEA / November 1948 / Alex Nypl / (Newman)'. Alex Nypl was a Czechoslovakian migrant who arrived in Melbourne on PROTEA, 23 December 1948.

 

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Object no. ANMS0287[012] 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.

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Uploaded on January 22, 2013
Taken in November 1948