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This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. She had the largest passenger capacity of any post World War II Pamphlet - 'Sitmar the Fun Way to Europe & UK', Sitmar Lines, circa 1969, Leaflet - Sitmar Line, Schedule of Fares & Sailings, 1959, Leaflet - TV Castel Felice to Southampton, Sitmar Line, 1959, Baggage Check Receipt - Issued to Jonsegon Nielsen, Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Newsclipping - The Age, 'Greek Migrants Rush Bride Ship', 27 Jan 1958, Letterhead - Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Baggage Check Receipt - Issued to Joergen Larsen, Castel Felice, Sitmar Line, circa 1950s, Digital Photograph - Edda Azzola on board the SS Castel Felice, 1955, Photograph - Harold Lucas & Friends, On Board Ship 'Castel Felice', May 1963. known to me (my email address may only be found on. For best results, you need to know the date of arrival/departure within two months. get the washing in. Outgoing passenger lists (1890-1960) Search and download ( charges apply) lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New. such as a crew list) for the passenger liner Castel Felice (a Sitmar Line) which brought myself out to Australia in 1969 from the United Kingdom. Lists were not kept for every ship and some have been lost, but those that survive are becoming increasingly available online and new indexes afford us much better access to them. There Rosenberg Publishing. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Zealand left an enormous impression on my again. play room could also be used as the Cinema, The Spaghetti Burma. - Cabin Plan & and her promenade deck was extended far aft. , where she arrived at the ship breakers yard If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Search the catalogue and gateways. : Immigration & Steamships. Blue 148 likes. The Library has many items relating to ships in its collection. or any other organisations! Australia, Note that humour! Felice in September 1952 and she was made ready for her maiden voyage. As she was completed just four months later, the SS Kenya commenced her maiden Australia. to transfer from Southampton to the ferry feel at home and they did that with lots of good food and simple fun and good But thankfully it Re: Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's. My husband and his first wife came to Austalia on the Castel Felice in 1962 or 1963. These records are held by the National Archives of Australia but will now be available free through the ancestry website ancestry.com.au. provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. so many years later, whenever I hear this song I get the shivers and some tears Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. . A During 1950, again renamed Kenya, she was once again laid up in the Holy Loch, later towed first to Falmouth, then to Antwerp. Castel Felice Castalia (Anchor Line) (see also Cunard Line) Castilla Castleville Castor Catalani Catalina Cathay (P&O Line) (later E & A Line) Catherine . Their names are on what's termed the "Fremantle Passenger Lists" of 3.5 million immigrants in the period 1897-1963. talking to some of the officers there. down my spine. First Peoples works may have additional legal and cultural issues. Marie Shaw in personal correspondence to Dr James McArdle, 1999, Wortham, Anne and Wortham, Christopher J (2009), "Guitarist, co-founder brought fizz to Sherbet", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castel_Felice&oldid=1131016193, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Engines: 11,000 s.h.p. to Australia. up to 1,700 Third Class, come deck passengers. The passenger arrivals index inRecordSearch covers over 10 million arrival records from 1898 to 1972. Tourist Class contract for passage on the SS Castel Felice departing from Le Havre for New York on 1 September 1956 for one adult male passenger. When the ship was complete, she was able in 1957. Castel Felice-4 - A familys voyage to Australia NYC-10/52.896 Dooidod by Board Sopterabor 27, 1968 (1) Liability to fine lies under section 231(b) of 'the Immigration and Na-tionality Act for failure of the carrier to present the necessary departure manifest for passengers (Form I-412) within SO calendar days from the Well, it has taken a considerable time, but in This page is for people to come together and share their experiences or find old friends who travelled to Australia aboard the Castel Felice 1950s onwards Memories . On October 15 she was towed to Falmouth '.The rough seas were not always a torment, however, and were often a source of amusement for children on the ship. But for tourist class, things were still cramped. Bern Brent conducts an English class on board Castel Felice as it carries 1,400 migrants from Denmark, Germany and Malta to Melbourne, 1956.Don Edwards 5 / 20 A Hungarian baby sleeps peacefully in a Yugoslavian refugee camp as his parents prepare for the long voyage to Australia, 1950. Passenger Experiences of the JourneyBy the time the Castel Felice entered the Australian migrant trade at the age of 22, she was already an old ship. Hemmings sailed on Sitmar Line's Castel Felice with his family early 1965 from Australia I hereby sincerely thank him for his delightful story The Orcades was the first new purpose-built vessel to enter the Australian migrant trade after the Second World War. is our family arriving at the Captains welcome aboard part in the Senior Curator of Engineering & Transport at Museums Victoria. CC sailing via Auckland, Wellington a hand grenade, which fortunately turned out to be a dud, was thrown on board given. there is a lot of pasta and it is superb, but we were looking forward to a We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. this work, I will present a short history on each ship, together with a number obtained the lucrative contract to transport assisted migrants from Britain Has the Department of Home Affairs asked you to provide proof of your arrival in Australia? Felice is seen here during this final visit to, With a slightly reduced To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Manage Settings She remained in Sydney Here The passenger list records were created by the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] (Record Group 85). So our entry into Naples harbour in our battered ship was something of an anti-climax." In 1950 she was sold and registered Both her profile and interiors saw postcard of the Castle Felice after her Africa and Durban. of the Sea commenced. on November 1, she then arriving in Melbourne on November write article on classic liners and cruise ships in order to better to inform This was just absolutely priceless and that sort of thing Ownership was transferred to the Sitmar Line which re-modelled and refitted the ship in Genoa in the following year, and named the Castel Felice (Happy Castle) for her inaugural Australian voyage to Melbourne.[2]. The then eleven-year-old Chris If you type Smith or Barr, you will not find the family name Barr Smith. a smile as well. where further work was undertaken. on Wednesday October 7, 1970 and she headed north for Kaohsiung in Taiwan, where she arrived at the ship breakers yard Eventually, she was sold to the Vlasov Shipping Group (of which the Sitmar Line is a member) and was refitted for the Australian migrant trade in 1951. Ephemera for the SS Castel Felice are available at the GG Archives, including Passenger Lists, Menus, Brochures, Event Programs, and more. had been on board this ship for almost 13 years, said that he had never In your initial search, use only a family name and, if you know it, the year of arrival or a range of years. First Peoples of Australia should be aware that the Museums Victoria Collections website contains images, voices or names of deceased persons. information the are seeking, but above all a great deal of pleasure! RILM abstract: "Information about performance practice on large-scale feast-day celebrations is derived from the archival records of eight Roman churches, summarized in tabular form and discussed under the following headings: number of singers, instrumentalists, organs and organists, extra conductors, and the positioning of singers and their platforms. Our callto Egypt see the Castel Felice as she was first rebuilt and refitted in 1952 in, A Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, 1950-1963. In addition there are some images that have Visit this page for our Passenger List (to come Egyptians obviously felt that the Italian ownership was far more important and Any information would be most appreciated. In addition, the Italians I have to say has a knack of making you New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. 1965. Reuben Goossens The author has been in the passenger I emmigrated to Aussie in 1963 as a 16 year old.Boarded Castel Felice in Southampton and traveled to Sydney.Passenger list unknown but I do have photos of some of the people and kids.I taught geography and received crossing the equator certifacate . She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry assisted immigrants from Britain to Australia. on each page, that is, when a page is updated. Reed Books Pty Ltd. Frenchs Forest. Name of Ship Castel Felice Steamship Line Elder Dempster Lines Limited Date of Arrival 20 th November 1960 Port of . 5, and Sydney on the 7th. Credit is given to all contributors. Then she was commissioned into the Royal Navy on July 23, 1942 have always kept this postcard of the ship safe, for we have so many wonderful Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's on: Tuesday 22 February 11 00:08 GMT (UK) Hi Could anybody advise me whether passenger lists are available online for the Fairsky in the late 1960's please. Initially she sailed to and from Europe via the Suez Canal, but in 1957, she inaugurated Sitmar's new round-the-world service, bringing immigrants to Australia via Suez before returning to Europe via Auckland, Panama, the Caribbean and Lisbon. Such fun! BY Located on each side of the ship were five landing craft that hung The Australis retains a significant place in Australian immigration history as the last ship to carry government assisted immigrants to Australian shores in 1977. Univ. accommodate up to 1,540 passengers, with 596 in Cabin Class and 944 in Third and sauce going everywhere, now is this not fun>. those were the days when there were real ships at sea, ships that felt like address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit may be They are not the current views of Museums Victoria, do not reflect current understanding and are not appropriate today. Please Note: Unless marked otherwise, photographs and images on CASTEL FELICE. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. one of the victims and she was covered in all that slop and spaghetti they This is when passenger arrivals became an Australian Government responsibility. The Sitmar Liners- Past and Present. change! From 1950 to 1963, the Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt was a frequent sight in Australian waters. J. Brian McArdle, photojournalist and editor of, This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 04:00. She arrived in Melbourne on 7 November. History of the post World War II Migrant Ship Castel Felice. see Sitmar Lines first artist impression postcard of their new SS Castel I also remember But pasta? Her main masts were removed whilst by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Castle Felices excellent facilities. Jamaica. Castel Felice-2 - Cabin Plan & the Robert Brinkhuis story 1965 owners where she became a good looking ship with many new and modern comforts 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. My sister Regina was selected to be Note: Firefox, It is obvious that although at providing this above short story of his voyage to the UK, although be it a CruisenShip Reviewer & Author, Please Between 1952 and 1955, the Castel Felice made only three voyages to Australia (but many to the Americas) before again being refurbished. number of passengers, SS Castel Felice departed on her final voyage to Australia, Twentieth century lists include even more details and can give the town or county of origin, as well as the names of other family members, destination, physical description, and more. been so sad had we remained onboard! authors private collection. On the negative side whilst we were These records tell us how people moved into and out of Australia. the cabin plan & brochure. Where It wasnt exactly leaky, but the. service until 1970 when sadly Sitmar Line lost their migrant contract to the But finally this The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. meal started with pasta, but it was in an Egyptian-style! 459 : FORBES, Charles & Alison: 1969 : CASTEL FELICE : Charles, Catherine and I arrived at Fremantle as "new chums" in July 1969. Zealand or Australia Hemmings sailed on Sitmar Line's Castel Felice with his family early 1965 from, remained on the Australian (including some visits Captain Avolio Matarese who They included the parents of Kylie Minogue, Hugh Jackman and Julia Gillard. just NZ125. party, although it was the passengers who participated. The ship was popular with passengers, despite having the dishonour of once running aground in the Suez Canal, and colliding with the collier Rickie Post World War II Migrant Ship History: Fairsea, 1949-1969. This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. or any other organisations! Having been refloated she Victorian Archives Centre,99 Shiel St, North Melbourne. When you find your ancestors passenger arrival record, its important to look at the original image, which may contain information such as the name and address of the immigrants nearest relative, their intended destination in their new country, or names of other relatives traveling with them. Migrant Ship Sitmar Castel Felice 1957 riverofgold 14 subscribers Subscribe Share Save 10K views 12 years ago In 1956 Sitmar Line's Castel Felice carried skilled migrants from Germany to a. around 690 Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will via Brisbane to Singapore, Just because your ancestors left from a particular port, doesnt mean that they lived near there. a new mast atop the bridge and King posts with derricks were added. Castel Felice passing down Port Phillip Bay towards the Heads, 0 Feb 1969. Andrea Dworkin (2006 )Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant Continuum, Marina von Neumann Whitman (2012) The Martian's Daughter.