Immigration: Catherine McLeod & mother on the Orvieto (1927)
Summary
- Arrived: Adelaide, 7 October 1927
- Vessel: Orvieto, from Tilbury
- Travellers: Catherine (Cath) McLeod (aged 6) and her mother Catherine Gunn
Cath and her mother emigrated from Scotland as nominated assisted immigrants to South Australia (SA records GRG7/10, unit 39c, File 3798). The passenger list is held. Norman MacLeod had already returned to Australia (reportedly ~2 years earlier) and had begun his lighthouse career at Cape Jaffa in February 1927.
Related pages
- Timeline: 1920s
Sources
- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), 1920s sheet; Orvieto passenger list; SA assisted-immigrant records.