The launching of the new P & O cargo liner, s.s. "Ballarat" on 6th April, 1954, at Alexander Stephen's yard in Glasgow. The Launching of the P and O cargo steamer Ballarat at Glasgow on April 6. Designed for the Australian wool trade, she bears the name of the famous P and O Branch liner Ballarat which carried thousands of British migrants to Sydney after World War I. April 28, 1954. (Photo by W. Ralston Ltd.).