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Shipboard brings to life the experience of the long voyage to Australia undertaken by thousands of emigrants in the second half of the 19th century.
It focuses on personal and collective experiences of the journey from the United Kingdom to Australia through personal diaries, sketches, published ships’ newspapers and ephemera, drawn from the vast collections of the State Library of NSW.

1873-1874
George Sydney Waterlow
Digital ID:
a3235002

About this item:
Ship "Eaton Hall". Inscription on back of photo reads: [sic] "Migrants from England to Australia aboard the "Eaton Hall". One representative of each family was below decks cooking or arranging a meal, all the others and some crew are on deck" - On board ship en route to Australia
Digital ID:
bcp_02064

Digital ID:
bcp_02025

1879
Digital ID:
a5323001

1879
[S.l.] : Printed on board the S.S. "Garonne" by R.W. Comley
Digital ID:
a5323005

18 October 1852
Digital ID:
a5318001

1878
Digital ID:
a5319001