Booklet – 'How to Speak English', Arabic-English, circa 1959
| Place |
Melbourne |
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| Item number |
HT 33457 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
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| Period of reference |
1959 |
| Description from source |
105 mm (Width), 140 mm (Height) 40 page booklet with pink cover, text in Arabic printed in dark blue on one side and illustration of columned building with text in Arabic and English. Single staple at spine. The inside pages contian printed simple tables of words and phrases translated from Arabic to English. The booklet reads from right to left. English-Arabic language booklet entitled ‘How to Speak English Without a Teacher in Four Days’ obtained by Dorothea Huber [nee Freitag and later Dunzinger] during her migrant voyage from Austria to Melbourne onboard the Cogedar Line ship ‘Flaminia’ in November 1959. The ship departed from Genova, Italy and sailed via Port Said, the Suez Canal, Aden and Fremantle. The booklet provides simple tables of words and phrases translated from Arabic to English, most likely for use during the stopovers at Port Said and Aden. |
| Physical format |
Books |
| Journey |
Genova Port Said Suez canal Aden Fremantle |
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