Our other English boat people on Yvonne's side are the Tremletts. They became economic asylum seekers in 1922 when they boarded the “SS Balranald” in 1922. This ship was one of five purpose built P&O secondary one-class immigrant ships for service to Australia, offering services every two weeks and taking up to 500 people at a time. So, at one level, P&O could be said to be exploiting the “market” for boat people - with just a tad more “official” support and encouragement. Yvonne's mother left from London as a four year old with her parents for their new life down under. Nancy found her man in Melbourne and Yvonne is a result of that union. The Tremletts came from Devon, England but we do not have time to visit the area this time around. Once again we did visit this area on a previous trip whilst living in Europe.
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