Emigrants beside the JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELDT
Datec 1950
Object number00001596
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic print on card
DimensionsOverall: 82 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from J H Van Landeghem
DescriptionPhotograph of a man and a woman, likely the Van Landeghems', standing on a wharf beside the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland ship JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELDT.SignificanceThe JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELDT joined the Australian migrant trade in 1950. It woudl go on to make 44 voyages to Melbourne, becoming an important and well-known part of Dutch-Australian immigration history.
Nederland Line [Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland]
26 March 1955