The souvenir fabric doll of a sailor was purchased sometime during a cruise by an unknown person. It is part of a cruise liner collection by D. Benson and Family over a period of years. D. Benson sold part of the collection to the V.M.C who purchased the remaining part. It is a great source of information to visitors to the V.M.C. At the time of ocean liner holiday cruising, many people purchased these souvenirs to keep or give away as gifts.A fabric souvenir doll of a sailor was purchased on the Fairsky Line. The uniform is blue in colour, with a white coloured hat.Fairskysouvenir, cruise liners, fairsky

Gift to Maree CHALMERS from English friends who travelled to Australia on FairskyTwo handmade dolls dressed as seamen, souvenirs of the Italian migrant ship 'Fairsky'transport - shipping, ss fairsky

The fabric doll was purchased sometime during a cruise by an unknown person. It is part of a cruise liner collection by D. Benson and Family over a period of years. D. Benson sold part of the collection to the V.M.C who purchased the remaining part. It is a great source of information to visitors to the V.M.C. At the time of ocean liner holiday cruising, many people purchased these souvenirs to keep or give away as gifts.Fabric doll of sailor double velvet, with small black ribbon. Light blue sailor collar with string. Pink sewn fingers on hands. Hard fabric face painted and papermache. Moulded sailor hat with black band with 'Fäirsky' in gold letters sewn thereon.souvenir, cruise liners, fairsky

Newspaper article called "Berth of a Nation. How the world made its way to Port Melbourne." from the Satrurday Age Life & Style (parts of 4 pages) by Anson Cameron; dated January 25, 2014.transport - shipping, immigration, migrants, armed services - army, armed services - navy, piers and wharves - station pier, anson cameron, patris, fairsky, zuiderkruls, the neptunia, world war i, world war ii

These migrant ship cards were used loose by the former Maritime Museum (Polly Woodside), and donated to PMHPS by A Gibson, National Trust Victoria, bound in January 2013 for use in the PMHPS display on migrant ships in Princes Pier GatehouseOne of three sets of laminated information cards, punched and roughly bound into a book for information display at "Piers festival". (.01) - "Angelina Lauro" to "Esperance Bay" (.02) - "Fairsea" to "Moreton Bay" (.03) - "Northern Star" to "Stathmore"The backs of the cards are pasted with sections of nautical maps.transport - shipping, immigration, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, angelina lauro, arcadia, australis, canberra, captain cook, captain hobson, castel felice, chusan, dominion monarch, ellinis, esperance bay, fairsea, fairstar, fairsky, galileo galilei, suglielmo marconi, himilaya, iberia, johan van olden barnevelt, largs bay, maasdam, mariposa, moreton bay, northern star, orion, oriana, oronsay, ormonde, orsova, otranto, patris, roma, southern cross, stathaird, statheden, stathmore

Carbon copy book of memos to Melb Harbor Trust concerning damage to piers by ships."Damages" handwritten in black on front cover. "563572" handwritten sideways in blue on the front cover. "Damages" on top edge of pages.melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, e smallwood, maru suzakasay, v s reed, l c clemence, britanis, ellinis, angelina lauro, achgetis, australis, guglielmo marconi, york syme, ocean monarch, j saunders, himalaya, patris, lake eyre, startaro, tai fun, orsova, philippine bear, australian endeavour, border chiefain, fairsky, atrea, iron monarch, bass trader, golden bear, jette beu, p curran, cathay, tolga, spica, australian enterprise, marina raskova, vigorous, australian bear, torronga, laurel wood, mobil australis, janova, evimeria, arthur philip, galileo galilei, soyokaze maru, bulk pioneer, toyota maru, hmas vampire

Notebook containing berthing information of various ships at Station Pier between 10.9.1974 and 15.10.1984'AHM Port Melbourne' handwritten on the binding on the front cover. '10/9/74' handwritten on the front covershota rustaveli, saga fjord, klingsholm, mariposa, turkmania, felix dzerzhinskiy, fedor shalyapin, hmas vampire, mikhail lermonotov, gugliemo marconi, tarbat ness, jeanne d'arc, chirral, nippon maia, uss queenfish, hmes provider, oronsay, hmas vendetta, shin sarllina maru, monterey, hmas onslow, hmas supply, patris, sea princess, hmas swan, uss cochrane, arcadia, taros shevchenko, hmas stalwart, galileo galilei, rfa black rover, hms areethusa, leonid sabinov, uss gurnard, hmas melbourne, uss bristol county, ivan franko, italia, ming hua, uss robert e peary, dalmacija, uss hector, hmas hobart, hmas canberra, hamas parramatta, princess mahsuri, hmas oxley, hmas adelaide, hmas perth, hmas hoel, fns commandant riviere, hmas ovens, fns jacques cartier, uss scholfireld, uss whipple, hmas brisbane, hmas launceston, hmas whyalla, hmas curlew, hmas attack, hmas torrens, uss cimarron, uss cushing, piers and wharves - station pier, rms queen elizabeth 2, qe2, hmas yarra, australia, ellinis, britanis, fairsky, marco polo, cathay, fairstar, oriana