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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Australia Lookups completed => Topic started by: Helenw52 on Tuesday 17 November 09 08:03 GMT (UK)
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Is there a list of ships that arrived in Sydney in September October 1939. I'm looking for the names of any that embarked in Hong Kong and disembarked Sydney. Specifically looking at the Chinese refugees that were bound for Auckland a few days/weeks after.
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Hi there,
Have you tried the following online site for newspapers in that period... The Canberra Times has been digitised and there's over 700 responses to my keyword search "shipping" of that paper from mid 1939 to Dec 1939...
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Cheers,
JM
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Thanks, I had a look last night - Great site, but nothing found so far. I know in the NZ Papers Past the papers used to have the names of the boats coming into port, and sometimes the passengers coming in or departing.
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Hi there,
That Aussie site is regularly updated, and they are anticipating that the Sydney paper (Sydney Morning Herald) will be all there (umm up to 1954 ;D) within weeks.... seems to me they are up to about 1870 with that particular paper, and adding a decade each week...
Cheers, I hope the papers will eventually have the info you are seeking...
JM
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Found the list from the Nankin arrived fom Hong Kong November 19 1939. Just looking for the one that arrived a few days before now.
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Hello Helenw52,
Where did you find list of passengers on Nankin? Newspaper or NAA?
Regards,
abcsydney
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The Archives sent it to me. I managed to get the names of the people I was looking for. They were the Ngs, arriving from HK to Sydney. It had a list of the passengers destined for Auckland and another list destined for Wellington.
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Have now received the shipping list for the Taiping that arrived in Sydney - 23 September 1939. The people I was looking for were on their way to NZ. The shipping list shows passengers going on to Auckland and Wellington, and 1 to Fiji. It also has the names of people who wer Australia bound.
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The National Archives of Australia should be commended for finding your request.
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Do you have a passenger list for HK-Syd ship? My father-in-law was on the TSS Awatea arrived in Wellington from Sydney 30/11/1939 and can't remember name of ship from HK to Sydney via Manila,Rabaul, Cairns, Brisbane he thinks.
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Hi Rodney,
The ship from HK to Sydney was the Taiping.
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Do you have a passenger list for HK-Syd ship? My father-in-law was on the TSS Awatea arrived in Wellington from Sydney 30/11/1939 and can't remember name of ship from HK to Sydney via Manila,Rabaul, Cairns, Brisbane he thinks.
Hi Rodney - My Australian friend ABC drew my attention to your query. Were you at the 75th Anniversary event in Auckland on Sunday? I hope you enjoyed it. Not sure what your father in law's name is. Please send me a private message and I will let you know how to get hold of the shipping between HK & Sydney. I guess you may know that the families stayed at King Nam Jang, at the Rocks, Sydney. However this ship looks like it had many Chinese on it - more than other one's I've seen.
Here's the list of people from Sydney to Wellington from the website
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-27249-62?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-26434-65?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12594-26437-68?cc=1609792&wc=MP7R-YH5:119260101,119037802,119164001
Regards
Helen
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Hi Helen, yes both my father (Jack Wong) & father-in-law (Yick Hon Gee) were among the 44 refugees on stage for the 75th anniv lunch, great experience for them.
My father -in-law is listed on the Awatea 31st Nov 1939 as "Chu Hick Hon aged 11yr" but not sure of his listed name on the SS Taiping either the same or Chue Yick Hon or Gee Yick Hon.
cheers
Rodney
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E. AND A. LINE TO JAPAN CALLING AT RABAUL, MANILA, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, and FIVE PORTS IN JAPAN. NANKIN 7000 ton NELLORE 7000 tons TANDA 7000 tons
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/40908458?searchTerm=shipping%20list%20%20%20hong%20kong%20sydney&searchLimits=dateFrom=1939-11-01|||dateTo=1939-11-30
Advertising for Taiping
A O. LINE TO CHINA-JAPAN.
SS. TAIPING.
Calling at Brisbane. Townsville. Calms, Thursday Island, Manila. Philippine Islands, and Hong Kong. British Steamer, most up to date in the service.
AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.,
(Inc. in Hong Kong),
G S. YUILL and CO. PTY., LTD.,
Managing Agents,
_8 Bridge Street. BW2731-2_
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17619286?searchTerm=shipping%20list%20%20%20hong%20kong%20sydney&searchLimits=dateFrom=1939-11-01|||dateTo=1939-11-30
Looks like it might have been in port before 25 November 1939 - as it was still advertising on that date.
Do you know how long your F in L stayed in Sydney?