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Barrel mail from R.M.S. Morea [B 72501/8] • Photograph

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Summary

Men display the contents of the mail barrels, supplies of meat, loaves of bread, biscuits, newspapers and magazines as well as mail.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 28 cm x 38 cm x 3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Andrews, J. D.
Morea (Ship)
Eastern Extension Telegraph Company
Postal service -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- History
Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- History

Catalogue record

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Historical information

Captain J. D. Andrews was born in Adelaide, joined P & O in 1884, and was appointed to R.M.S Morea upon the retirement of Captain Brown, who had been the first to drop barrel mail at the Cocos Islands. He died of heart failure during the voyage betweeen London and Gibraltar on December 12, 1916.

Digitisation information

Date

11/05/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,117 x 3,429 pixels (17.5 MP)

Size

52.66 MB

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