Lisa Wilkinson

gossip around the world because he had divorced his first wife and taken up with young Madeline, who was a beautiful socialite and was just 18 years of age.

And it had become known that Madeline was in fact pregnant.

And exactly when she got pregnant was the source of enormous gossip on the ship.

But Evelyn was very good at being very discreet whenever she came into their orbit.

And rich people are very good at also ignoring the hired help.

So Evelyn must have seen extraordinary moments and heard incredible

incredible conversations as she moved amongst these people who in many ways lived on another planet entirely to that which Evelyn knew.

Well, down in steerage, it was a real United Nations.

And most of the people in steerage were heading for a new life in America.

There's one beautiful family, the Goodwin family, Augusta and Frederick Goodwin.

He is travelling.

to America because he's found an opening job as an engineer in Niagara Falls.

And so they, like so many others in steerage, are heading for a new life.

Many are coming from countries where life is not great and America is the land of hope and glory.

And so they have their six children ranging in age from 16 down to 19-month-old Sydney

So many of those in first class who told their stories described

feeling like they were in a five-star hotel, that there was virtually no movement.

It was a 52,000-tonne vessel.

And it was unlike any other sea journey any of them had experienced before, because all of the luxury was there, hot and cold running everything.

And even for those down in steerage, there wasn't a lot of movement either.