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Child's diary on board Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

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Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History Emigration and immigration Voyages and travels Diaries Immigrants' writings, Dutch Manuscripts, Dutch
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Current holder	Australian National Maritime Museum
Link	https://collections.sea.museum/objects/40935/childs-diary-on-board-johan-van-oldenbarnevelt
Item number	00008062
Access rights	Request at location
Country of origin	Netherlands Australia
Language	Dutch
Period of reference	1955
Description from source	210 × 165 mm A diary written by a child on board the JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT. It starts on 11 March and finishes on 2 April 1955 and features a number of illustrations. The diary mentions passing through the Suez canal on the 20 March. The text is in Dutch and is most likely by Joke Schoevers. She and her family migrated from the Netherlands to Australia on board JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT and she turned 13 while onboard.
Physical format	Diaries
Related resources	https://collections.sea.museum/objects/40934/song-book-compiled-by-joke-schoevers https://collections.sea.museum/objects/9835/documents-relating-to-the-schoevers-familys-migration-from
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/U2ZTJYHF/

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