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Plowman, Peter.

Migrant ships to Australia and New Zealand : 1900-1939 / Peter Plowman. - Wellington, N.Z. : Transpress, 2009. - 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index. Published simultaneously in Dural, NSW by Rosenberg Publishing.

This book examines those ships and shipping companies that transported migrants to Australia and New Zealand from 1900 to 1939, the outbreak of World War II. It examines where they were built, by whom, their tonnage, dimensions, service speed and propulsion, when and where they were launched and the history of their migrant-carrying voyages.

ISBN: 9781877418105 (pbk.) : $49.00

Source: Transpress N.Z., PO Box 10-215, Wellington, N.Z. ; transpress@paradise.net.nz

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Passenger ships--History.--Australia
Passenger ships--History.--New Zealand
Shipping--History.--Australia
Shipping--History.--New Zealand
Immigrants--History--Australia--20th century.
Immigrants--History--New Zealand--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Dewey Class. No.: 387.243