1938, en-au, English, Photograph edition: Map - SS Nieuw Zeeland, Batavia to Melbourne, 1938

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Map - SS Nieuw Zeeland, Batavia to Melbourne, 1938
 
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  • Image
Published
  • Museum Victoria
Language
  • en-au
  • English

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Title
  • Map - SS Nieuw Zeeland, Batavia to Melbourne, 1938
Published
  • Museum Victoria
Physical Description
  • Image
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Date or Place
  • 1938
Summary
  • Fold-out map in grey folder with title in blue print and the KPM logo. There is a hand written inscription on the front cover. Map folds out to A1 size, cream coloured paper featuring partial coastline of Africa and full outlines of India, south-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand in multi-coloured inks. Red lines follows ship voyage route from Batavia (Jakarta) to Melbourne.
  • Map from the SS Nieuw Zeeland kept as a souvenir by Robert Salter, of his journey from Austria to Australia. Robert Salter fled Vienna just before the German annexation of Austria in 1938. He left from Rotterdam on the 'Dempo', a holiday ship, on 20 July 1938; then transferred to the SS Nieuw Zeeland in Batavia (Jakarta) on 21 August to travel to Melbourne via Brisbane, arriving in Melbourne on 8 September 1938.<br/​><br/​>Robert had applied for residency in Australia 5 months before leaving Vienna but could not wait for approval as he was in danger of being arrested. When he arrived in Australia he discovered that his application for residency had been rejected. With the help of William Maloney, a federal Member of Parliament who befriended him, Robert was finally able to obtain permits for himself, as well as for his parents, his fiancee Ida and his friend who had accompanied him on the journey.
  • Inscriptions: Text, printed front cover: My voyage/​by K.P.M./​Mr. Robert Salter.<br/​>Handwritten on front cover: 'Mr Robert Salter/​Batavia/​Melbourne.' <br/​>Map titled: 'SS/​MS Nieuw Zeeland/​ From Batavia to Melbourne/​time 21/​8-8/​9/​1938
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  • You may download, display, print or reproduce this image in an unaltered form and with acknowledgement to Museum Victoria for personal, educational and private research use. If you wish to use it for any other purposes you must obtain permission from Museum Victoria.
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Language
  • en-au
  • English
Identifier
  • oai.museum.vic.gov.au.1379896
  • HT 20309

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