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The voyage of their life : the story of the SS Derna and its passengers / Diane Armstrong.

By:

Armstrong, Diane, 1939- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : Flamingo, 2002Description: 545 pages, 1 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0732275075
9780732275075

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.90691 21

LOC classification:

D809.A8 A76 2002

Summary: In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel leaving Marseilles and heading to an uncertain future in Australia. Diane Armstrong has recreated this incredible three-month voyage, giving us the stories of these hopeful passengers - both what they left behind and how the future unfolded for them.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	305.90691 ARM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A297030B

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Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (page 546) and index.

In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel leaving Marseilles and heading to an uncertain future in Australia. Diane Armstrong has recreated this incredible three-month voyage, giving us the stories of these hopeful passengers - both what they left behind and how the future unfolded for them.

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