Documents relating to the Schoevers family's migration from the Netherlands to Australia

Title	Documents relating to the Schoevers family's migration from the Netherlands to Australia
Subject	Australia--Emigration and immigration—History Europe--Emigration and immigration Voyages and travels Families--History Foreign workers, Dutch Manuscripts, Dutch Correspondence
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Current holder	Australian National Maritime Museum
Period of reference	1954 – 1955
Link	https://collections.sea.museum/objects/9835/documents-relating-to-the-schoevers-familys-migration-from?ctx=12ff9278606850e145b0ec61832441f24ec7a14c&idx=1
Item number	ANMS0308
Access rights	Request at location
Country of origin	Netherlands Australia
Place	Bonegilla Migrant Centre
Language	Dutch English
Description from source	This archive series consists of material relating to the migration of the Schoevers family from the Netherlands to Australia in 1955 on MS JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT. The family consisted of Abraham (later Alex), his wife Margaretha and their children, Johanna (Joke), Karina, Robert, Marianne, Johan and Leonardus (Hans). Their first destination in Australia was the migrant camp at Bonegilla, Victoria. The series includes planning and preparation documents such as a selected passage agreement, registration application card, subsidy application form, folder of immigration documents and several letters to Abraham Schoeers from the Dutch and Australian migration departments. Also included are documents relating to the voyage on JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT, such as fact sheets, tickets, receipts and travel insurance policies.
Physical format	Manuscripts Certificates Records Letters
Bibliographic citation	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/96ZX2KG8/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/96ZX2KG8/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/BFPSCK6Z/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/BFPSCK6Z/</a></p>