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Kōrero: Southern Cross

The ocean liner Southern Cross

The ocean liner Southern Cross

Distinctive light green and grey, the ocean liner Southern Cross was purpose-built to carry only passengers. From 1955 until 1971 she brought thousands of migrants from the United Kingdom to Australia and on to New Zealand.

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Museum of Wellington City and Sea

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Maggy Wassilieff, Southern Cross – A national icon, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7482/the-ocean-liner-southern-cross (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

alan moore
01 October 2013
I was aboard the maiden voyage of the Southern Cross and well remember the stormy seas as we approached Wellington Harbour on May 2nd 1955. I spent my 18th birthday in Tahiti en-route.