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Hennik Family on the Zuiderkruis

Published by DACC on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

This is the ship on which the Hennik family immigrated to Australia it has a list of the people on board and the crew signed the page. Dochter Wilhelmina also has the document her dad travelled with. They arrived 17 Feb 1959 at Fremantle and were taken by train to the Woodside Migration Camp just outside Adelaide.

Departure the Netherlands
Front deck Zuiderkruis
Sports deck Zuiderkruis

With thanks to Wilhelmine van Hennik

See also:

Dutch immigrant ships to Australia

Dutch immigrant ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Dutch immigrant ship Willem Ruys

Dutch immigration to Australia, stats and other resources

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