ProvenanceBlank menu card, item of memorabilia from the Adelaide Steamship Company cruises. This one is for MV 'Manunda'. For over 50 years from 1910 to the 1960s, the Gulf Trip on Adelaide Steamship vessels was a unique way to see South Australia. Popular with honeymooners and notorious party ships for young men, the seven-day trip cost £6 in 1939. Ships like the ‘Minnipa’, ‘Manunda’, ‘Moonta’ and ‘Morialta’ provided an opportunity for romance and gave many Australians the time of their lives. Luxury was also offered to passengers on the interstate trade.SignificanceProduced for the Adelaide Steamship Company. Illustrative of passenger life on board Adelaide Steamship Company ships in the 1940s-1950s. South Australia’s affordable version of the modern cruise ship holiday. Leisure on board the ships was a priority with organised deck games, music, sing-alongs, and writing rooms for sending postcards to loved ones. It also had a somewhat salacious reputation as a place where men and women could fraternise with relative ease.DescriptionBlank MV 'Manunda' menu card (no menu printed) produced by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Coloured illustration of “Skuas” flying near cliffs over the ocean by Neville William Cayley on front cover.Creator (person)Creator (organisation)AcknowledgementDate of Creationc1955Date of Usagec1955Accession NumberHT 2000.0725 i
