Journal of a voyage in Olivebank, Port Victoria to Falmouth, 15 March 1937-18 May 1940

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File JOD/94/5
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15 March - 15 July 1937. Details of sailing from Port Victoria; weather; storms; food; March 32nd crossing date line; killing pig - 'blood pancakes'; white crows on board; changing sails; catching fish; becalmed 'we believe Olivebank to have taken root now and expect every day to see leaves beginning to show on the mast'; Falmouth; Glasgow.

Includes: Crew list; photographs of ship, activities of crew etc. and press cuttings re Winifred Lloyd Australian Women's Weekly, 18 May 1940.

(76p.)

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