HWA LIEN
Object numberM2017/007:085
TitleHWA LIEN
DescriptionThis image depicts Gertrude Carver (nee Elter), the wife of Denis Frederick Carver (born Fritz Schnitzer) on board HWA LIEN. Being a bona fide refugee leaving the ghetto in Shanghai to Australia would have been a chance to re-establish their lives and to achieve levels of normality.
The HWA LIEN is historically significant for being one of the passenger ships transporting Jewish refugees to Australia in 1947 for resettlement and humanitarian aid. Subsidised fares for refugee were undertaken by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The HWA LIEN was a media phenomenon, with the ship being linked to the Australian media controversy surrounding the arrival of Jewish refugees to Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney.
The date of the photograph is assumed to coincide with the landing permit (1947) for Carver (under Fritz Schnitzer) to Australia.
The HWA LIEN is historically significant for being one of the passenger ships transporting Jewish refugees to Australia in 1947 for resettlement and humanitarian aid. Subsidised fares for refugee were undertaken by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The HWA LIEN was a media phenomenon, with the ship being linked to the Australian media controversy surrounding the arrival of Jewish refugees to Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney.
The date of the photograph is assumed to coincide with the landing permit (1947) for Carver (under Fritz Schnitzer) to Australia.
Production date 1947 - 1947
Production periodpost World War II
Subjectrefugee experiences in Shanghai , passenger ships, HWA LIEN, refugee experiences in Shanghai , freedom, life in Australia, arrival in Australia
Object namephotographs
Materialpaper
Techniquephotography
Dimensions
- photograph length: 63.00 mm
height: 90.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff