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Title	Arrival Year	Ship Name	Story	Panel #
O CALLAGHAN, Edward (Ned)	1936	Largs Bay	Worked on the Serpentine Dam project. Served in the 2/6 batallion during WW2. Worked as a dairy farmer and eventually for many years as a...	13
O'BRIEN Family	1949	Orontes	Hilda O'Brien ( dec 1976). Son Tony married Patricia Davidson - children Tony, Joe, Hilda. 6 Grandchildren. Daughters Barbara married Pat Calligan...	3
O'BRIEN Family	1966	Castel Felice	Robert, Jean & Carol O'Brien arrived in Perth WA in 1966. They were headed for Melbourne where the stayed in Maribyrnong Hostel for 6 months...	158
O'BRIEN, Elsie	1912	Orsova	My mother arrived in Fremantle with her sister, Mary and two brothers, Thomas and Hugh (Rufus).	111
O'BRIEN, Iris G	1952	Otranto		119
O'BRIEN, Mary	1912	Orsova	Married Leslie Atherden. Had 4 children - David, Harold, Margaret and Dennis. Lived in Mt Claremont family home.	111
O'BRIEN, Michael & Ellen	1911	Papanui	Michael & Elle had left London on their honeymoon on the Papanui but it caught fire on its crossing and were separated & billeted at St....	20
O'BRIEN, MJ & MJ & Family	1959	Strathnaver	Son Michael 5 yrs old on arrival. Represented Australia Olympic Games Munich 1972 for boxing. 17 yrs old was Irish born so great rush to...	153
O'BRIEN, NCA	1949	Strathmore		409
O'BRIEN, Peter Vincent	1938	Otranto	Came to Australia under the Christian Brothers Child Migration Scheme aged 9 to Clontarf Orphanage where I remained until 1942. I was then moved...	70
O'BRIEN, Rufus Hugh	1912	Orsova		111
O'BRIEN, Terry & Barb	1963	Castel Felice	Terry and Barbara O'Brien had two children; Zoe Lucille Ellis (nee O'Brien) and Gary James O'Brien who had two children also. All family still...	87
O'BRIEN, Thomas Shamus	1912	Orsova	Married Veronica Mary Kiely in 1923. Had 8 children :- Hugh, Heleen, Tom, Betty, David, Dorothy, Margaret & John. Lived in Claremont family...	111
O'BRIEN-MALONE, JAD	1951	Esperance Bay		52
O'CALLAGHAN, Daniel	1913	Ajana	Sent for Elizabeth F. Cusack, who arrived from Ireland 1/4/1913. They married 28/8/1915 & had seven children - Edmond, Daniel, Ellen,...	369
O'CALLAGHAN, E (née CUSACK)	1913	Orontes		369
O'CONNELL, Margaret	1963	Oronsay	I arrived in Perth to join Henry D Simmonson who i met in Ireland and who had migrated in 1962. We eventually married and settled in Sydney, i had...	49
O'CONNELL, Mary (Molly)	1932	Oronsay	Born Cardiff, Wales 5.12.1919. Arrived Fremantle through Fairbridge Scheme in 1932. Worked for several farming families in SW and the Wheatbelt,...	172
O'CONNOR, D & J	1913	Armadale	They founded what is now an extended clan based in Western Australia. A son, Peter, Remained in Scotland	112
O'CONNOR, Leary & Family	1967	Southern Cross	I arrived with my wife Gillian & 5 children ranging from 1 - 7. We came together with my brother Richard, his wife Elspeth & 3 sons, so we...	136
O'CONNOR, Richard, Elspeth	1967	Southern Cross	Accompanying children, Philip, Bernard and Geoffrey O'Connor. Richard worked in oil industry, starting at Barrow Island and then Burmah Oil. The...	22
O'CONNOR, Timothy	1925	Ormonde		238
O'CONNOR-BYRNE Family	1948	Stratheden	My parents and my 4 sisters & 1 brother arrived Fremantle 1948. As there was a housing shortage my sisters & brother were placed in a...	148
O'DEA, Edward John	1853	Robert Small	O'Dea Edward. Or Edmund. Born 1819, Co. Limerick, Ireland. Son of Edward & Mary (nee Burke). Convicted of sheep stealing 10.7.1849 at Co.Clare...	142
O'DONNELL Edward & Susanne	1971	Ellinis	First generation of O'Donnell/Dailly families to settle in Australia.Remained in Perth living in districts Maylands,Padbury settling in Hillarys...	9
O'DONNELL, AG & EM	1951	Asturias	Tony & Eileen moved to Medina in 1954. Tony worked at BP Refinery as a Laboratory Assistant. Eileen was active in the Good Neighbour Council....	58
O'DONNELL, Baptist	1846	Elizabeth		374
O'DONNELL, D & F & Family	1925	Euripides	Ship Euripides, White Star Line. Cargo & 1st, 2nd & 3rd class passengers. Looked like Otranto.	ALBANY
O'DONNELL, Florence P	1923	Strathmore		74
O'DONNELL, James	1960	Fairsea	Jim arrived in Perth in 1960. He worked as a boilermaker and was involved in the construction of many of Perth's well known buildings. He married...	301
O'DONOGHUE Family	1949	Dorsetshire	Had 7 little Australians, 17 grandchildren & 5 great grandchildren he never met. Family grew up in Nedlands WA.	10
O'DONOGHUE, R, L, & Family	1963	Strathmore		397
O'DOWD, Valerie & Barbara	1962	Castel Felice	Mum & I arrived in Fremantle Port on Australia Day 1962. Three generations of seafarers accompany this family. My father John O'Dowd was a...	28
O'DRISCOLL, Tim & Johanna	1971	Britannis	A future for daughter Siobhan	45
O'DWYER Family	1970	Angelina Lauro	John O'Dwyer had arrived by aeroplane in January 1970. His wife Sally and their children Mark (13), Dee Alison (10) and Roxana (6), followed 3...	155
O'DWYER, Anne Vivian	1951	Orontes	Anne Iliffe nee O'Dwyer born 26 July 1941 in Tralee, Ireland. Arrived Australia 13 March 1951 with parents, Hanna & Christopher & siblings...	426
O'GARR, Alan	1928	Jervis Bay	Alan initially worked as a jackaroo at Walkaway where he met Rose Wilson. They married in 1932 raising 3 children, Norm, Wendy and Lewese. He...	248
O'GORMAN Family	1955	New Australia	Dublin born Richard O' Gorman (Paddy) served voluntarily in the British Army during WW2. Serving in North Africa and France. Whilst stationed in...	23
O'GORMAN, Mary	1889	Nairnshire	Arived at 16yrs old to join her sister. Met and Married James Byrne and moved to the gold fields. Good riffle woman and had trophies for shooting...	62
O'GRADY, John & Charlotte	1852	Raleigh	John & Charlotte were headed for Melbourne with their seven children. Charlotte (daughter of General Southwell-Keely) became very ill on the...	339
O'HANLON, Thomas Edward	1963	Oronsay	Worked up north of WA. Port Hedland, Wickham, Shay Gap, Mt. Newman, Telfer, Parabadoo, Tom Price & Cockatoo Island.	406
O'HARA, Margaret K	1967	Southern Cross		28
O'HARE, Elaine	1966	Ellinis	I was nearly 7 when we arrived and can remember the heat, the summer, the dead grass, the dark green trees, the ants and the horizon.	271
O'HARE, John David	1966	Ellinis	Great boat trip. Thany You Mum & Dad!	271
O'HARE, John, Sarah, J, E & M	1966	Ellinis	Settled in Perth. In 1969 went to Kununurra for two years and first Australian child born there. Returned to Perth and settled in Wembley for 30...	113
O'HARE, Margaret Lucy	1966	Ellinis	Came from Scotland at age 5. Was 'Miss Ellinis' on board. Lived in Floreat/Wembley area.	271
O'HERN Josephine (nee Hill)	1961	Canberra	Emigrated to Pen Friend	8
O'KANE Family	1970	Achille Lauro	O'kane family consisted of the following people. Frank and Lily and their 5 children : ann, theresa, linda, frank (jnr) & Geraldine. Frank and...	95
O'KANE, Brian	1954	Arcadia	Arrived at age of ten with my father Francis, sister Mary, brothers Danny & Oliver. My father (a labourer) brought us to Aust for a better...	18
O'KANE, Patrick	1955	Orontes	Arrived here with two children, Michael aged 5 and Rory aged 3. Mary was seven months pregnant and we had only 15 pound in our purse. Colum born...	83