The two Bass Strait ferries mentioned on the tag are M.V Empress of Australia and M.V. Princess of Tasmania. While the Princess of Tasmania was used exclusively on the Melbourne to Devonport, Tasmania run the Empress of Australia usually sailed between Sydney & Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania. Both were roll on - roll off vessels capable of carrying both passengers & vehicles.Australian National Line (ANL) oval tag with string for attaching it to passengers' luggage. The the tag is black, white, red with the name & logo for 'Searoad'. There is space for the name and berth number of the passenger and on the reverse side 'Do you need this case in your cabin? If not please deposit in BAGGAGE VAN at terminal'.maritime, transport - shipping, australian national line, anl, m.v. empress of australia, m.v. princess of tasmania, searoad

Found by the donor in 2017 in a thrift or Opportunity shop in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. The names of the ships featured recalled some of the names and their crews known to have visited Melbourne and recorded in various records associated with the MTSV.Page from a children's book featuring full colour hand drawn illustrations of five ocean going ships.Ships names featured: MV Carnarvon Castle 20,000 tons Union Castle Line; S.S. Majestic, White Star Line 56,000 tons; M.V Chibu Maru, 16,500 tons, N.Y.K Line; S.S. Orontes, Orient Line 20,000 tons, S.S. Empress of Britain, 42,000 tons C.P.R. Line. Printed page of text on reverse starts mid sentence: "...going to Bombay, and then right away for Australia, this time next month she will be on the other side of the world. ..."children's book, ships, illustration, steamships, orontes, empress of britain, chichibu maru, majestic, carnarvon castle