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Ticket of Passage – Issued to Julia Szuecs, Compagnia Genovese Di Armamento, 1957

SubjectAustralia–Emigration and immigration—History
Voyages and travels
Steamboat lines
Displacement
Foreign workers, Hungarian
Foreign workers
Italian language–Written Italian
Category5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
CreatorCompagnia Genovese D’Armamento Genova
Current HolderImmigration Museum Victoria
Period Of Reference 1957/1957
Item NumberHT 7726
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of OriginItaly
PlaceTrieste
Melbourne
Language Italian
Description From Source22 cm (Length), 22.7 cm (Width), 0.1 cm (Depth) Folded once. Ticket of passage from Trieste to Melbourne issued to Julia Szuecs (later Julia Toth, she was widowed soon after) by Compagnia Genovese Di Armamento in 1957. Single leaf of paper, folded twice to produce a leaflet style ticket of passage. Text of document is printed in Italian language. Front page features a thin, red-line border around blue text and a graphic illustration of a red and blue flag with three stars across the top of the flag and an emblem of St George on horseback slaying a dragon. The first inner page is a double spread detailing passenger information, the page has a background rendered in blue ink with the St George emblem in the centre of the page; the text for the ticket is rendered in blue and red ink. The second page of the document is also a double spread, it lists the conditions of travel with the company. The back page of the document provides a country by country listing of agents authorised to sell tickets with the liner. Inscriptions Front: Biglietto de Passaggio / Passage Ticket / COMPAGNIA / GENOVESE / DI ARMAMENTO Fist inner page (header): Per il Passaggero / TELEGRAMMI: COGEDAR / GENOVA / COMAPAGNIA GENOVESE DI ARMAMENTO / Societa per Azioni – Capitale Sociale Lit. 294.000.000 int. vers. / GENOVA / VIA ROMA, 1 – TELEF. 586.895 / N.R. 842 / Biglietta de Passaggio No. 54114 / Passage Ticket / sulla Nave di bandiera italiana M/N “FLAMINIA” / da TRIESTE a MELBOURNE / via PORT SAID-SUEZ-ADEN-FREMANTLE-MELBOURNE
Physical FormatTickets
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/3632/
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/XJKCK259/
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