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The Kanimbla from Fremantle to Princes Pier, December 1947

Fremantle, Western Australia → Princes Pier, Port Melbourne

The passengers of the first transport spent four days ashore in Western Australia while their baggage went to Perth for customs examination and was claimed at the Graylands camp. HMAS Kanimbla then carried them on from Fremantle on 2 December 1947, and on 7 December the first selected group of 837 Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians landed at Princes Pier in Melbourne and travelled on by train to Bonegilla.

29 November 1947

Baggage from the Heintzelman is taken to Perth for customs examination and is later claimed at the Graylands camp

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Lost luggage

2 December 1947

HMAS Kanimbla leaves Fremantle for Melbourne with the transferred passengers after four days ashore

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Beginning Life in Australia

Lost luggage

7 December 1947

The first selected group, 837 Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians, lands at Princes Pier and travels on by train to Bonegilla

Princes Pier, Port Melbourne

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Displaced Persons

A History of the Department of Immigration: Managing Migration to Australia

December 1947

The group continues by train to the Bonegilla reception centre

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A History of the Department of Immigration: Managing Migration to Australia

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Why the First Transport?

Beginning Life in Australia

Lost luggage

Displaced Persons

A History of the Department of Immigration: Managing Migration to Australia