Suitcase

Dutch Immigrant Nonja Pieters, carried all these items to Australia in 1949 on the immigrant ship Ugolino Vivaldi.

Some are valued possessions linking the owner to her old home.

Some are to prepare for a new life in a new land.

Books – All About Australia, English for Newcomers to Australia, Step by Step
Books – Australie, Kleine Schoolatias, Sneeuwitje (Snow White)
Decorated bellows
Embroidered cushion covers
Weaving shuttle
Tile trivet