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Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Photograph (1950), The Migrant Ship HELLENIC PRINCE, Copy 27/01/2014 - (Original Post Card circa 1950)
In 1949 the HELLENIC PRINCE with its 3 hospitals, 2 cinemas, and air conditioned accommodation was chartered by the International Refugee Organisation to transport displaced persons from Europe to Australia. Its first trip was to Sydney where it arrived with 1000 passengers on 5 December 1949. On the third trip it left Naples on 23 March 1950, and arrived in Fremantle on 20 April 1950, and in Melbourne on 25 April 1950. The men and women were separated for the voyage with my father sleeping on a hammock in a large room with other men, while my mother, my brother, and I had bunks in a shared cabin. On board were displaced persons ex Bagnoli Camp Italy, some of whom later built their bungalows on the grassy and rocky paddocks near Sunshine Victoria, and began to establish a new life in a new country. A few of the families that arrived on the third trip and purchased land in the Dunkeld Ave - Sandford Ave area of North Sunshine (Birmingham Estate) were Janczak, Kolanowicz, Mroz, Pawlak, Rasztabiga, Skrobalak, Szydlowski, Witkowski, and Zielinski. Some friends settled elsewhere in Sunshine. The family Tabaka went to West Sunshine just over the Derby Rd Bridge, while the family Wojcik went to Ardeer. The ship first started service in 1929 for the Royal Australian Navy as the HMAS ALBATROSS. It had a standard displacement of 4,800 tons and was 443 feet 7 inches (135.2 metres) long, and its top speed during trials reached 22 knots (41 km/hr). It was built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard as Australia's first Aircraft Carrier (seaplanes), but the aircraft that it was designed for were retired just before the ship went into service. A new plane specifically designed to work with the Albatross began operations after the ship was decommissioned in 1933, and placed into reserve in Sydney Harbour. Seaplanes continued to operate from the anchored ship. (Click on the Link 'HMAS Albatross (1)' situated above the Object Registration number to view pictures of the HMAS Albatross on the Navy web site). In 1938 the ship was recommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy as part payment for the light cruiser Hobart. The ship then did military service for the Royal Navy during World War 2. It did patrol and escort duties in the southern Atlantic, and from mid 1942 in the Indian Ocean. By early 1944 the ship was converted so that it could repair landing craft and other support vessels off Sword and Juno beaches. The ship managed to return 132 craft into service and to save 79 others from total loss. On 11 August 1944 Albatross was torpedoed with the loss of either 50 or 66 personnel, but was able to be towed back to Portsmouth. After repairs she did a short service as a minesweeper depot ship, and following that was placed into reserve on 3 August 1945. In August 1946 the ship was sold for commercial use but the plans to convert it into a luxury liner or a floating cabaret fell through. The ship was again sold on 14 November 1948 to the British-Greek Yannoulatos Group, who renamed it HELLENIC PRINCE in recognition of the birth of Prince Charles and his Greek heritage. After conversion into a passenger ship the Hellenic Prince made several trips to Australia transporting displaced persons, however apparently not all trips were pleasant for the passengers. In the on board newsletter 'Kangaroo' dated 5 January 1951, the ship's master P. C. King expressed his indignation about the behaviour of passengers and made accusations of mutiny. According to some immigrants the conditions were appalling and overcrowded with 1200 passengers. Passengers were supposedly required to work and were paid with Woodbine cigarettes. The drinking water ran out, the freezer broke down, and fresh food that was brought on board went to the crew. Sea sickness was rife because the ship was rarely level due to malfunctioning pumps. (The newsletter 'Kangaroo' can be viewed at the Museum Victoria web site by clicking the Link 'Newsletter - Kangaroo'). In 1953 during the Mau Mau uprising the Hellenic Prince was used to transport troops to Kenya, and in 1954 the ship came to an end in a scrap yard at Hong Kong. THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS COMPILED FROM; (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928) (accessed 11/2/2013), (2) An article by Graeme Andrews found at http://www.afloat.com.au/afloat-magazine/2011/july-2011/The_boat_people_of_the _forties_and_fifties#.UuYY6ou4apo (accessed 27/1/14), (3) http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/273166/newsletter-kangaroo-hellenic-prince-5-jan-1951 (accessed 27/1/14), (4) National Archive search starting at; www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx (accessed 27/1/14), (5) http://www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/3864781978 (accessed 29/1/14). Hellenic Prince has a significance to Sunshine Victoria because some of the displaced people from Europe, who arrived in Melbourne on Anzac Day 1950, were among the first people to settle in the grassy and rocky paddock areas of North Sunshine. These settlers established a residential suburban area out of the paddocks. In those early days there were no services and the planned roads were basically just drawings on a map. The ship is also significant because it was named in recognition of the birth of Prince Charles. In the ship's former life as the HMAS Albatross the significance is that it was built in Australia as our country's first Aircraft Carrier (seaplanes).New photograph made from a scanned copy of a circa 1950 Post Card featuring the ship on calm water.Hellenic Prince / Hong Konghellenic prince, migrant ship, displaced persons, refugees, international refugee organisation, bagnoli camp, hmas albatross, yannoulatos group -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Sheet music, On the road to victory, 1941
This piece of music has been produced during World War Two (1941) as a propaganda and fund-raising piece for the people of Alexandria in Egypt. It has both Greek and British backing with the headings on the cover in both languages. The music is a march and the title suggests that victory is on the way so the emotions are being stirred to keep up the morale. Egypt in World War Two was still under British influence and Alexandria is a port in Egypt at the mouth of the Nile River. In 1941 British battleships were based in the Alexandria harbor and two of them were disabled by Italian Navy divers. Hence it is not clear why it was the Hellenic (Greek) Red Cross raising funds for Alexandria through the sale of this music which was produced in that city by the Moharrem Press (founded 1938) and composed by Lena Bonfiliou, probably a Greek person. It is not known if this piece of music was bought in Australia or brought back to Australia by an Australian military person during World War Two.This is an interesting piece of music. Its connection to Warrnambool is not known but it is an example of the type of music produced during World War Two to help the war effort. This is a four page piece of music, ‘On the Road to Victory’ (a march) with a front cover, a blank end page and two pages of musical notation. The latter pages have black printing on white pages. The front cover has both Greek and English printing and a colour image of four British and Greek flags resting on a gun carriage with armaments underneath and indications of an explosion. There is a red stamp on the cover (Hellenic Red Cross). The pages are in good condition. English printing: ‘On the Road to Victory, March, P12’ Stamp: ‘For the Hellenic Red Cross, Alexandria’ alexandria, hellenic red cross, warrnambool, on the road to victory music -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
SS HellenicBlack & white photographship, boat, sea, river -
Australian Multicultural Community Services
photo
photo was taken on "Hellenic Prince" in 1950; ship left Naples in Italy and arrived in Australia (Melbourne) on 25th April 1950 (Anzac Day)one of a few items of this kind which has survived to present daysblack and white photo, carved edgephoto, migration, hellenic prince -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Plaque - Plate, Battle of Crete Celebrations
Small gold plate with Greek military forces emblem in the centre. (pewter) (No925) Presented by Maj T Kanellos (2IC 5/6 RVR) to commemorate the battle of Crete celebrations in may 2004 given to him by Maj Gen Giannatos Hellenic Armed Forces. Diameter - 855/6 rvr -
La Trobe University Library
Jag photograph, NCHSR, La Trobe University, 2000s
This photo was taken during a competition run by National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, La Trobe University, in the early 2000s. The theme was on the Odyssey and secondary school students from all over Australia participated.Photograph of a jag. Jag in the photograph was made by secondary school students for a competition run by NCHSR. Colour. Item in the photo is black and yellow with the word 'Odyssey'. odyssey, la trobe university, nchsr, school art work, photograph-ancient jags -
Hellenic Museum
Round Mouthed Jar, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age.The interior with brown band, the angled rim with three sets of lines and wavy line between, a broad band on tall neck, pierced with two string holes, above and below, a broad band on flattened globular body with frieze of vertical lines flanked by wavy vertical lines and alternating with sets of two vertical wavy lines, to broad concentric band, the underside with broad band flanked by sets of stripes. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Slipped, Painted, Handmade.The mouth, neck and handle with light brown stripes, the body with crosshatched triangles over wavy line and cross bands of three wavy lines below. cypriot, ancient, pottery -
Hellenic Museum
Scent Bottle, 1800 - 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from the MIddle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Slipped, Painted, HandmadeBeak spout and neck painted with black horizontal lines, the body with traces of crosshatched triangles cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 - 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith loop handle, the neck with light brown horizontal lines, and the body with two friezes of vertical strokes, the lower body with a set of wavy horizontal lines, the base quartered by wavy lines centred with dots. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Scent Bottle, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe beak spout and neck with black horizontal lines, the body with traces of cross-hatched triangles. Handle is missing.cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe neck with lines, a dotted circle on one side of the loop handle, The body with crossed triple wavy lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeConical neck with bands, broad band over shoulder with frieze of stripes and dotted circles to handle (missing), a broad band below the body, with cross-hatched panels alternating with panels of dotted circles, triglyph between three bands below to small foot. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Bottle/Juglet
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith round mouth, long neck with lines, the body with two panels of striped diamonds between vertical lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith round mouth, tall conical neck and loop handle with traces of painted lines and globular body. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe neck, handle (largely missing) and globular body are painted with a series of lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeMouth and neck painted with lines, the handle with triple zigzag lines and the body with crossed sets of four lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
String Hole Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe beaked spout and long neck have painted stripes joined by loop handle to globular body with painted striped panels and lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgePainted lines adorn the narrow neck and loop handle, the globular body has crossed set of four painted lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusWith loop handle, the shoulder and globular body with traces of set lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe inside of the mouth has painted stripes which run to the loop handle, neck with lines, shoulder with diamonds, one cross-hatched and others crossed lines, globular body adorned with crossed sets of three lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Juglet, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Cypriot Middle/Late Bronze Age The slender conical neck with broad band’s over two cross-hatched diamonds, the loop handle with wavy line, broad band to lower neck, the depressed body with a pair of vertical bands centred with twin wavy lines flanked by two vertical wavy lines and two sets of friezes including cross- hatched diamonds, chequerboard and cross-hatched zigzag, to flat foot. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Jug, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe rim painted with a wavy line, the neck is adorned with a frieze of short vertical lines between horizontal bands, the body with frieze of short vertical lines between horizontal friezes of chequerboard, brown band above and below each, columns of short horizontal lines on lower body, band on painted foot, underside with double-crossed lines and circles in compartments. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Bowl, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusThe interior with three brown concentric wavy lines, the exterior with brown band of striped triangles around top, another between two bands of three stripes and single wishbone handle. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Bowl, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe interior centred with dot, painted around edge, the wishbone handle with stripes, the exterior with double crossed lines in circle. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Bowl, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe high looped handle is adorned with sets of lines, which continue to the body with friezes of overlapped lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Bowl, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe exterior with set of four lines around the rim, the single wishbone handle with sets of four lines, the body with overlapping sets of four lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Globular Bowl, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusThe interior of the rim is lined with panels of four vertical lines, which continue to the loop handle. The exterior is adorned with two friezes of cross-hatched diamonds, the body with overlapped cross of four wavy lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Cup, 1800 – 1450 BCE
Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith a single loop handle, the interior with wavy lines and a dot in centre, the exterior with crossed lines. cypriot -
Hellenic Museum
Jar, 1050 - 750 BCE
Cypriot Bichrome Ware from the Cypro-Geometric PeriodThe curved collar with three black lines and frieze of red triangles, the upper body with two rows of concentric circles between vertical double ribbed strap handles, the body with black and red horizontal lines and bands. cypriot