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Lloyd Triestino Ticket
Gina Sinozich2003
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
In 1957 the Sinozich family migrated from Croatia to Melbourne, Australia on board the Lloyd Triestino steamship NEPTUNIA. This painting is a reproduction of the family's passenger ticket and lists their names: husband and wife Eugen and Giorgina (Gina) Sinozich and their children, seven-year-old Vladimiro (known as Michael) and six-year-old Eugenia (known as Jenny). This is one of 14 paintings by the 73 year old artist Gina Sinozich documenting her personal experience as a Croatian migrant travelling to Australia.
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- Title: Lloyd Triestino Ticket
- Creator: Gina Sinozich
- Date: 2003
- Location: Sydney
- Type: Painting
- Significance: Gina Sinozich's painting highlights her family's migration journey from Croatia to Australia in 1957. It represents the experience of many displaced people compelled to move from Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 605 x 452 mm, 2 mm, 0.78 kg
- Credit line: ANMM Collection Gift from Gina Sinozich
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