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British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/044
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Undated B/W photographic postcard of the "British India S.N. Co's. M.S. 'Dunera'". The postcard shows the entire ship afloat and indicates that it weighed 12,615 tons. The scores from a card game, made by donor Lou Finn during his trip aboard the Dunera from Cyprus to England when demobilised from the British Army in 1959, are in blue ink on the reverse. The Dunera was a troop ship that was used to transport Jewish refugees, known as "Dunera Boys", to Australia in July 1940.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1937 - 1959
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Dunera, ocean liners, transport ships, refugees, photographs, Australian Jewish history
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]photographs
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]photographic emulsion, paper, paper, paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 136.00 mm
height: 86.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Lou Finn