My family disembarked here in 1955!

On 11 January 1955 my mum, dad, younger brother, big sister and I arrived as migrants from Scotland on one of the many, many UK/Europe to Australia migrant ships. A much much smaller ship than this!!

[Diana]

What a great shot and narrative. You were certainly one of the lucky ones 👍🏻

[Susan Wakely]

I had family that went to New Zealand at a similar time from Scotland.

[Pam Knowler]

Great image!! What a journey that must have been.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A wonderful shot bringing back memories for you!

[Valerie Chesney]

A huge journey to another land, what memories for you!

[John Falconer]

@ludwigsdiana @wakelys @pamknowler @beryl @happysnaps Thanks for the much appreciated comments. we landed at this very dock!

[Carole Sandford]

Fantastic shot! Those ships are massive. Saw a photo of this a few days ago, as my Cousin who arrived in Australia in 1971 with his family, was visiting. He usually lives in Canberra.

[Wylie]

Was the only way to travel!

[Babs]

I bet your journey wasn't as luxurious as this in 1955.

[Mags]

Wonderful capture! So, do you wear a kilt like Sir Sean Connery did?

[Renee Salamon]

Bet the ship didn’t look like that😉 some of my dad’s family arrived there at about that time so I have Aussie cousins

[Krista Marson]

I bet you don't miss the Scottish weather!

[Peter Dulis]

great shot

[John Falconer]

@marlboromaam
Mags. I’m a lowlander. I never wore a kilt!!

[John Falconer]

@blueberry1222
Absolutely not. I’ve been back visiting many time and it was always cold and raining!!

[John Falconer]

@rensala
The ship certainly did not look like this!!😀😀😀

[John Falconer]

@carole_sandford @pusspup @onewing @marlboromaam @rensala @blueberry1222 @pdulis
I was only 8 when I came here and the trip was fantastic.

[Mallory]

An incredible shot

[Bucktree]

Nice capture and interesting narrative. That must have been an amazing journey. It must have taken several days to make that journey.

[John Falconer]

@dkellogg
Thanks. I think it took about four or five weeks via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal.

[John Falconer]

@sunnygirl
Thanks.

[Diane Marie]

Interesting family history.

[Polly]

What history!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful shot.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely shot

[Nigel Rogers]

One of my wife's best friends was probably on your ship!! Fabulous shot, they really are enormous vessels!

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this imposing vessel against the background of the bridge.

Ian

[Jan Talmon]

Nice shot. Super sharp. You can even see the bridge climbers to the right of the right flagpole on the bridge.

[carol white]

A lovely capture

[Beverley]

Wonderful memories - wonderful capture 🤩

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Yao RL]

I guess that ship had no difficulty going under the bridge.

[haskar]

Beautiful capture. This is a very difficult decision and a hard journey with three children into the unknown.

[Fran Balsera]

I love cruises!!!!!!!

[Kathy]

I like the huge ship infront of the bridge.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely ship and story!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is a great family history and makes me wonder what prompted the journey- showing I know very little about world history. Part of my family tree also immigrated out of Scotland- but they came to the US. I've always wanted to go to Scotland to see where my clan originated but I don't know if that will ever happen. I have a copy of the ship's manifest with their names on it. And of this shot- excellent black and white- I really like how sharp it is!

[winghong_ho]

Great b&w image and a sweet story.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[eDorre]

Neat shot and story

[Kathy Burzynski]

Love your photo, I crave going on a cruise especially after a long winter. Love hearing your story too.

[Boxplayer]

What a wonderful memory.

[John Falconer]

@boxplayer @myhrhelper @edorreandresen @rickster549 @wh2021 @olivetreeann @radiogirl @randystreat @franbalsera @haskar @yaorenliu @joansmor @bkbinthecity @beverley365 @carolmw @talmon @fishers @nigelrogers @ziggy77 @mittens @ladypolly @diane5812
I f. I personally think it was very brave of mum and dad to pull up roots and make the trip!! We all appreciate it!!

[Kathy]

We didn't come quite as far, but my family moved from southeast of Montreal, Quebec to close to Philadelphia about the same time.

[Kathy A]

My Dad came out from the UK on one of those ships when he was 19. He was all alone, leaving his parents and 8 siblings behind.

[Christine Sztukowski]

So special

[Anita W]

Such a lovely harbour

[John Falconer]

@randystreat
Not far but moving to another country is a bit of a challenge!

[John Falconer]

@kjarn I big big challenge. My parents also left behind all their relatives etc and came to a brand new place.

[John Falconer]

@365projectorgchristine @anitaw
Thanks very much for commenting. Much appreciated.