Now here we are on the salt seas
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This image emphasizes the emigrants' regret at leaving their homeland, and, despite the cheery verse underneath, it suggests some are feeling anxious about travelling to a new and unfamiliar country.
Kerchief, printed in sepia and red on white cotton. Realia, 1852
Accession number: H98.85/30
From the State Library of Victoria's Picture Collection