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Title	Arrival Year	Ship Name	Story	Panel #
GAVLAK, Pavel	1950	SKAUGUM	Pavel Gavlak migrated from Czechoslovakia as a refugee by himself, leaving three sisters. Initially he worked as a labourer, then as a motor...	97
GAVRANIC, Franko	1924	VILLE DE METZ	Franko Gavranic came to WA and worked in the timber industry in Jardee (near Manjimup). He and his wife Jakica (who came to Australia in 1926) had...	52
GAVRANIC, Jakica & Eva	1926	REGINA D'ITALIA	Jakica Gavranic and her eldest daughter Eva came to WA in 1926 to their husband and father, Franco Gavranic, who had arrived two years earlier in...	52
GAVRANIC, Marinko & Dragomir	1961	GALILEO GALILEI	Marin aged 8 years and Dragomir aged 2 ½ years, arrived in Fremantle with their mother Nives. They were greeted by their father Nikola, who had...	141
GAVRANIC, Nikola & Nives	1961	GALILEO GALILEI	Nikola, known as Drage, arrived on the 18th August 1958 in Fremantle on the ship 'Australia' . Nikola, a fisherman, was later joined by his wife...	141
GAVRANICH, Beniamino Baldo	1949	UGOLINO VIVALDI		238
GAVRANICH, Benjamin	1949	UGOLINO VIVALDI		238
GAVRANICH, Milojka	1949	UGOLINO VIVALDI		238
GAWEL, Ewa	1950	DUNDALK BAY		345
GAWEL, Wladyslaw	1950	DUNDALK BAY		345
GAWEL, Wladyslaw	1950	DUNDALK BAY		345
GAWEL, Zofia	1950	DUNDALK BAY		345
GAWRONSKI, Henryk	1950	GENERAL W C LANGFITT	Henry arrived with his mother, a sister & brother. He worked for the Railways then as a Boilermaker (1961) with MRD in Carnarvon. He married...	205
GAWTHORNE, Eva & Patrick	1948	ASTURIAS	Eva and Patrick arrived Fremantle on the Asturias on about 21 January 1948 having left Bombay 14 days earlier. On arrival took a tour with a taxi...	81
GAWTHORNE, Ron & Jean	1966	FAIRSTAR	My parents arrived with only $100-00. Life was a bit of a struggle but they chose this place as being the best place to raise Dave and myself.	151
GAWTHROP, Anthony & Jean	1965	CASTEL FELICE	The purpose for migration was to give the children a better start in life. We decided that better opportunities existed in a new country	34
GAY, Norman Vivian	1924	JERVIS BAY	Married and spent 1926-1962 farming at Koorda, Western Australia.	384
GAZZOLA, Giovanni	1955	SURRIENTO		167
GDOWSKI, Tadeusz	1949	AMARAPOORA	I love this country, I have no regrets.	114
GEAL, Daniel E	1968	ACHILLE LAURO	Attended Embleton PS, Gibbs St PS & Cannington Senior High School. At age 20 joined the RAN & served for 10 years. After leaving the navy...	37
GEAL, Robert & Freda	1968	ACHILLE LAURO	A daughter, helen, born 23rd January 1969. Theylived in bayswater, lockridge & cannington for nearly 20 years. In 2004 Robert & Freda are...	37
GEANEY, PJ & VC	1950	CAMERONIA	Violet Gold (nee) and Patrick (Husband) and Denis (brother of husband) GEANEY arrived in Fremantle on 1 November 1950 on the ship Cameronia which...	456
GEAR Family	1966	ELLINIS		401
GEAR, David & Mona	1956	STRATHNAVER	David - 10 years nursing at Repatriation General Hospital, Fremantle. 18 years at Royal Perth Hosptial in Sterlization Department, retired as...	68
GEAR, M Olive	1948	ASTURIAS	Olive was the main instigator in establishing Wandoo Heights Nature Reserve along with Adela and Harry Hyde. She has tirelessly promoted saving...	74
GEBAUER, (Heinz), Henry EJ	1950	SKAUGUM	Henry Gebauer excelled in Sport - particularly Soccer and Tabletennis. After marrying a local girl he developed into a successful business man and...	82
GECAS, Jack	1949	MOZAFFARI	Born Apolinaras Gecas - now known as Jack. On arrival in 1949 stayed at Graylands Camp for one month and then took a two year contract for the...	194
GEDGE, Sidney Winston	1949	ESPERANCE BAY	Sidney played the piano which he taught himself aged 14. He couldn't read a note of music. Played by listening to songs. He had 1 daughter Marie,...	416
GEE, C & MA	1829	CAROLINE	Was a carpenter & then a farmer. Made office furniture for government offices. Had eight children. Many descendants in the Police Force.	417
GEEKIE, Walter, Ann & Walter	1922	ORVIETO	Walter (Jun) b.14/04/1920 d.01/09/2001. Walter & Ann had five more children, all daughters born in Australia, Mary (Sorfleet), Ann (Florance...	458
GEERDINK, Herman	1952	JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT		159
GEERLINGS-HUGTENBURG, FF, GG	1954	JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT		135
GEERS, Frank Peter	1952	WATERMAN		24
GEERS, Johannes & Adriana	1952	WATERMAN		24
GEERS, Keith	1952	WATERMAN		24
GEERS, Peter John	1952	WATERMAN		24
GEFFKE, Gerhard & Rosie	1955	AROSA KULM	When you have everything, Australia is nice. But the beginnings of our new life here was very hard.	239
GEIJSEL, Antonius	1954	MAETSUYCKER	He studied for and obtained Australian qualifications, then worked as project engineer at Burnie Paper Mills in Tasmania Became a Lecturer and...	53
GELEVITIS, Victoria	1959	NEPTUNIA	Separated from her father Vasil Borshoff who arrived in 1937 and brother Tanas who still resides in Macedonia. She arrived with her mother Georgia...	287
GELING, Paula MJ & Harmjan	1953	SIBAJAK		91
GELLE, Louis Ernest	1914	MOOLTAN	Louis Gelle was a doctor in Perth. Between 1946 and 1955 he was the French Consular Agent in Perth and was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'...	45
GELLE, Marie-Aimee	1914	MOOLTAN	Marie Aimee Gabrielle Gelle came to Perth with her husband Louis Gelle and had three sons, Pierre Rodney, Louis Cyril and Jacques. She was a...	45
GENOVESE, Antonino	1952	ROMA	He was the first in his family to marry an Australian girl. They were married 44 years & had four children. He meant the world to his family...	24
GENOVESE, C & G & Family	1949	SURRIENTO	Carmelo & Giuseppa came from Randazzo Sicily, Italy with 4 children: Giuseppa, Francesco, Benedetta and Salvatore. Soon after Kalgoorlie,...	306
GENOVESE, Francesco P	1949	SURRIENTO	Emigrated with his family at the age of 17 to live in Kalgoorlie, where his father Carmelo had established a market garden several years earlier....	409
GENOVESE, Giuseppe	1952	NEPTUNIA		360
GENOVESE, Paolina & Carmelo	1953	NEPTUNIA	Paolina & Carmelo were mother and son.	360
GENOVESE, Salvatore	1950	SURRIENTO	POW in NSW 1944-1947. Returned to Randazzo. Married Vincenza Portale. Upon return worked as plasterer in Perth and country towns. Lived in Bulwer...	381
GENOVESE, Vincenza	1951	OCEANIA	Vincenzina Portale has four children all born in WA. A creative seamstress sewed wedding gowns & clothing for family & referrals from...	381
GENOVESI, Benedetto G	1950	SURRIENTO	First arrived as a P.O.W. to Sydney in 1943 aboard SS Uruguay from Bombay, India ex Navy released in 1946. Returned to Genova. Sponsored by O'...	78