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Chaplains of the Mission – Rev. Wong

Reverend S. Wong on board the tanker San Felipe at Geelong, c 1963.    From its early days Asian seafarers have regularly visited the mission at 717 Flinders street.  A few rare early images of Japanese and Chinese seafarers dating from the early 20th C are held in the Heritage Collection. As shipping patterns changed […]

Krislen James Carumba, Third Officer, Bea Shultte.

Krislen James Carumba, Third Officer, Bea Shultte.   By Simon Burton All quotes attributed to Krislen James Carumba Krislen is a Third Officer currently working aboard the Bea Shultte, a 264-meter container ship operated by Bernhard Schulte Ship Management. She sails every six weeks from Singapore, then clockwise around Australia docking at capital cities loading […]

Melbourne Celtic Festival – 17 March 2020

Postponement of the Melbourne Celtic Festival until further notice. As we look to assist Bushfire affected communities through the fundraiser the Melbourne Celtic Festival, The Mission to Seafarers Board and the Festival organisers have made the very tough decision to postpone the event due to the COVID-19 risk at public events. Our first priority is […]

Synesthesia

COME EXPLORE A MIND-EXPANDING TOUR OF COLOUR AND SCENT. 20- 22 March 2020 Hosted by Perfume Playground and The Mission to Seafarers – Victoria “You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than you can from a lifetime of conversation” – Plato Synesthesia is a call for you to explore space, […]

Encountering People, Places, Things at the Mission to Seafarers. A Photographic Exhibition

November 8th 2019 – January 2020 A historical & contemporary photographic narrative of people, places & things associated with the Mission to Seafarers Victoria. Curated by Uma Kothari, Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Manchester, with contemporary photographs by Nicholas Walton-Healey. Open 10am to 10pm daily.