!["This was given to me by my grandfather. He made up a poem - hip hip hooray, today's the day Jacqueline van der Waarden turned 7 years - and you take it to friends and they write a poem in it about you. I have [poems from] girls on the ship and people in the camp."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/poesie-150x150.jpg)
Meet Jacqueline Giuntini and see the Dutch Poesie book given by her grandfather when she was 7 years old. It contains poems from girls she met on the ship to Australia in 1955.
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Meet Maria Cebulski and see the “Welcome to Australia” booklet given to passengers on her migration journey to Australia in 1950.
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Meet Anne Birdsey and hear her play her father’s piano accordion.
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