Gooding family aboard the ELLINIS
Date1972
Object numberANMS1453[144]
NamePhotograph
Mediumphotographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 253 × 203 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection
DescriptionBlack and white image of Frank and Joan Gooding with their seven children, Janet, Lynne, John, Stephen, Denise, Angela and Paula, standing on the deck of the ELLINIS on its arrival in Sydney from Britain.
HistoryA newspaper clipping attached to the back of the photograph reads ‘A English family of nine who have been waiting two and a half years to come to Australia stepped ashore in Sydney today.
Mr Frank Gooding, and his wife Joan, have five girls and two boys aged between 4 and 14. “We just couldn’t find anyone to sponsor us,’ he said. “Eventually the British-Australian Friendship Club in Wollongong heard of his plight and sponsored him. Before Mr Gooding left England, the club arranged for a four-bedroom home to be built at Dapto, on the South Coast. In the meantime, the Gooding family will stay at a hostel in Wollongong until the house is completed. The club has also arranged a job at the BHP steel mills for Mr Gooding. Mr Gooding said today the long wait seemed worthwhile. He said he was impressed with the view of the Sydney Harbour as he sailed through the Head this morning in the liner ELLINIS.
Pictured aboard the liner ELLINIS today: Frank and Joan Gooding, with their children Janet, 14, Lynne 12, John 11, Stephen 10, Denise 8, Angela 7 and Paula 4.’SignificanceThis image is one of a series produced by Fairfax newspapers that provides a unique window into how immigrants were viewed and immigration policy articulated in the popular press. The images in this selection are significant in representing the personal face to Australia's massive post-war immigration push that saw aggressive immigration programs orchestrated by the Australian Government that was promoting a 'populate or perish' philosophy.
Fairfax Publications, Sydney Morning Herald
1981
