Letter from Oskar to Anu and Magda Mihkelson

Subject	Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
	Immigrants' writings
	Manuscripts, Estonian
	Queensland--History
	Correspondence
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Mihkelson, Oskar
Current Holder	Australian National Maritime Museum
Date	1950-07-22
Item Number	ANMS1408[021]
Access Rights	Digitised
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Mount Isa
Language	Estonian
Description From Source	Overall: 252 x 195 mm This item is part of a comprehensive collection of family heirlooms, clothing and photographs documenting the Mihkelson family’s migration from Estonia to Australia via Sweden after World War II. The collection includes material that Oskar and Magda Mihkelson packed when they fled Estonia in 1944, items relating to their life with their only daughter Anu as part of the vibrant Estonian exile community in Sweden, objects and images connected with their voyage to Australia on TOSCANA in 1948, and items relating to the family's early years working in the migrant communities of Tully and Mount Isa in Queensland from the 1940s to 1970s.
Physical Format	Letters