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Amy Deakin (m. Sanderson)

Town/City Albury NSW
First name Amy
Last name Deakin (m. Sanderson)
Country of Origin England
Date of Birth 20/4/1892
Year of Arrival in Australia 1914
Submitted by Cheryl Johnson

Story

Amy came to Australia for a better life as a young woman aged 22 years, never returning to her

homeland ever again to see her family before she passed away aged 93.

She came out on the vessel – Indrapura – which carried some 850 passengers on a voyage of 54 days before her arrival in Australia.

She always felt she had had a very good life here in Australia. Married, and raised 7 children .





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