Nelly's Echo – newspaper
| Date |
1949-07-07 |
| Place |
Fremantle Melbourne |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Tonismae, Elmar Oroszvary, Lasslo Pelenskyj, Dr Eugen J. Stahls, Janis Tonismae, Erika |
| Keywords |
displaced persons |
| Current holder | |
| Item number |
HT 27755 |
| Access rights |
Digitised |
| Language | |
| Description from source |
112 mm (Width), 5 mm (Depth), 197 mm (Height). 26 sheets of light brown, stained rectangular notepaper stapled together, printed one-side only. Extensive typewritten German text in black ink. One paragraph possibly in Hungarian or Polish. There is a faded blue ink stamp on the front for Caribbean Land & Shipping Company. The newspaper was copied on a Danish ‘Rex Rotary’ copier using Klo-Papier “Extra” paper and was printed on Wednesday 6th July onboard MS Nelly (23° 40′ latitude, 96° 30′ longitude) The newspaper or newsletter produced and edited by a German-speaking Estonian immigrant, Elmar Tonismae, is typewritten in German on notepaper and contains the thoughts of journalists and passengers on the MS Nelly, travelling across the Indian Ocean from the Port of Naples, via the Suez Canal and Fremantle, arriving in Melbourne, Australia on July 17 1949. Articles include an introduction to the newspaper, reflections on a future new life, round the world news updates, nationalities on board, facts about the ship, an interview with the ship’s Norwegian Captain, A.J. Pedersen, times for English lessons, lectures and other activities. |
| Physical format |
Newspapers |
| Related resources | |
| Bibliographic citation | |
| Journey |
Naples Suez canal Fremantle Melbourne |
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