Voyage of the Goya, September-October, 1949

A belated reading yesterday of the NAA's series notes for Series A11760 provided more information and clarification. The series notes on the NAA database told me that the ship my father traveled to Australia on was the S.S. Goya, departing Naples, Italy on 25/9/1949 and arriving Sydney, 23/10/1949. The note informs that the file for this voyage of the Goya, including the list of passengers is Department of Immigration file A434, 49/3/21770. Further, that file is accessible on the NAA database (see above images, to enlarge click on the image); my dad's name appears on p. 29 of the passenger list as passenger 848 (now I understand what "848" on his file means).

The NAA series note for A11760 states in part:

"The ship's nominal roll is a list of all the passengers that were on board when the ship sailed from its port of departure. (The nominal roll for this voyage of the Goya is on file A434, 1949/3/21770). Each passenger is given a nominal roll number and these numbers have been used as the item control symbols for this series.

There were 890 Displaced Persons on board the Goya when it left Naples on 25 September 1949.

The Goya arrived in Sydney on 23 October 1949.

The passengers disembarked and were transported by train to the Department of Immigration Reception and Training Centre, Bathurst."

The note partially answers a question I have, "What happened when he arrived and where did he go?" The answer appears to be the Department of Immigration Reception and Training Centre, Bathurst.

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