Post-war diary of German migrant Guenter Grunow
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Title
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Post-war diary of German migrant Guenter Grunow
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Subject
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Germany--Emigration and immigration
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Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
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Australia--Social life and customs
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Emigration and immigration
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Assisted emigration
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German diaries
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German language--Writing
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Melbourne (Vic.)
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Correspondence
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Category
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5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
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Author
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Grunow, Guenter
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Creator
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Gotzky, Benno
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Current holder
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State Library of Victoria
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Period of reference
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1951 – 1990
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Date
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January 1, 1951
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Series number
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MS 16467
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Item number
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9940557462407636
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Access rights
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Request at location
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Rights
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Copyright Undetermined. Copyright or permission restrictions may apply.
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Country of origin
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Germany
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Australia
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Language
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German
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Description from source
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Full title: Post-war diary of German migrant Guenter Grunow : manuscripts, printed, photographs, 1951-1990.
6 cm.
A bound diary of Guenter Grunow, written in German, 113 pages in blue ink, covering from December 1951 to April 1953. Guenter Grunow left Bremen, Germany, on 4 January 1952, on the "MS Nelly", and arrived in Melbourne on 9 February 1952. The migrant ship MS Nelly carried German migrants under the bilateral German-Australia assisted passage scheme, enabling migrants to work as directed for the Commonwealth of Australia for two years, in exchange for a heavily reduced fare. Grunow was 21 when he arrived. The diary discusses his day-to-day life in Germany, and life in Australia after arrival. Also included are Valentine's snapshots of Bendigo, (published by The Valentine Publishing Co., probably in 1950); newspaper cutting of an article "Leaving Nelly"; and a selection of 81 German postcards, addressed to migrants Benno and Beverley Gotzky in Melbourne, 1956-1990.
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Physical format
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Manuscripts
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Diaries
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Photographs
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Newspapers
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Postcards
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Related resources
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2261/
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/1900/
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http://nla.cat-vn3004272