Shirley Ahern album of photographs and postcards, diary and ephemera related to travels in Europe

PXA 7283

fonds

1954-1955

Photographs, Graphic Materials, Textual Records

9659220

1 album (145 photograph and 127 postcards) and 0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - gelatin silver, manuscript, typescript - 39 x 25 cm

Shirley Ahern (nee Perry) embarked on the MV Neptune to London on 13 March 1954 and travelled around England and Europe for thirteen months. This travel experience was a post-war right of passage for many young Australians and New Zealanders.
Reference:
Library correspondence file

By descent from Shirley Ahern to her daughter Judith Ahern

1 album of photographs and postcards of Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Trinidad and New Zealand

FOLDER 1
Two handwritten letters from Shirley's father, 5 May 1953; and Mrs. Johnstone, 1954
Ship programme, dinner menu and certificate on board the Neptunia, 1954
Travel diary of visits to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Egypt, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Manaco, England, Norway and Sewden, 15 March 1954 - 4 September 1955

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Sourced from diary