F1a-119: Souvenir brochure for the R.M.S. Orsova

Identifier: F1a-119
Title: Souvenir brochure for the R.M.S. Orsova
Type: booklet
Date Created: 1911
Description: Souvenir brochure for the R.M.S. Orsova sailing to Australia in 1911. Norman Rae was aboard. Rae did his apprenticeship in the woollen trade and went into partnership with William Pickles as Pickles and Rae, woolcombers in Laisterdyke. Rae was a good business man the firm flourished and opened offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. He even bought some land in Australia and called it Greenhill Farm. Due to this Norman Rae and his wife travelled in Australia regularly.
Subject: Holidays; Business; Mementos
Associated person or organisation: Rae, Henry Norman, Sir
Associated place or event: Melbourne, Australia
Source: Gift: Shuttleworth, P.