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1947 Asturias		1947 Asturias		Asturias Leaving the Dock (date and place unknown). Photo supplied courtesy of Mr Noel Hall (Qld)

Grace (holding Ian), Jean and Wendy Forbes on the Asturias, 1949. Photo supplied courtesy of Mr Ian Forbes (NSW)		Warren, Anne and Malcolm Ginsberg: Suez Canal		Malcolm and Warren Ginsberg, late 1950

Migrants on the deck of the Asturias, Feb 1949 [Source State Library of Victoria]		Maltese Migrants on the deck of the Asturias, Feb 1949 [Source State Library of Victoria]		Mr Charles Cassar (L) and Mr John Mangion pose with a priest after mass, Feb 1949 [Source: State Library of Victoria]
			STATION PIER Melbourne GATEWAY TO A NEW LIFE : Immigration Museum - Permanent Exhibition Melbourne Click here for details
SS Asturias, 1950 Photos supplied courtesy of Mr Malcolm Ginsberg, UK		A crowd awaits a ship at Station Pier, Pt Melbourne [Source: Museum Victoria]		A large group of children who arrived at Fremantle 22/9/47 [Source: The "West Australian" newspaper 8/1/07] (Click on image to view)

SS Asturias, 1946		SS Asturias and Tugs, 1946		SS Asturias, Dec 1950
Source: State Library of Victoria, Pictures Collection [Collection of Mr Allan C Green]

Program				Voyage Lists and Repair Logs
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Program for voyage May 1949 supplied by courtesy of Mr Alistair Trotter (Click on program to view larger image)				Supplied by courtesy of Mr Roger Griffiths (UK). Source - British National Archives [Piece MT40/142]

		Honour for the "Asturias" "Since the truce talks opened in Korea there have been discussions among the crews of ships on transport duty as to which would have the luck to be on turn when the first released British prisoners had to be brought home. The privilege, as the crews regarded it, fell to the Asturias..." Excerpt from article by Frank C Bowen. Source: British National Archives [Piece MT40/142]
Provided courtesy of Mr Roger Griffiths, UK Double-click on book to view larger image)

Postcards The postcards below are reproduced with the kind permission of the web owner at http://www.simplonpc.co.uk Many more postcards of the Asturias and other ships can be viewed at that site.

Royal Mail art postcard of Asturias (2) off the Brazilian coast		Royal Mail art postcard of Asturias (2)		Royal Mail art postcard of Asturias (2)

Royal Mail art postcard of Asturias (2) - blue version		Photographic postcard of Asturias (2), troopship with single funnel		Photographic postcard of Asturias (2), with single funnel
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