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| Title | Arrival Year |
Ship Name |
Story | Panel # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KARAPETCOFF, Steve | 1936 | UNKNOWN |
Nine-year-old Steve arrived in Geraldton a few days after docking at Fremantle with his mother, Christine and brother James who were met by Louis... |
391 |
| KRIVDA, Josef Franz | 1951 | UGOLINO VIVALDI |
Josef signed a contract in Vienna to work for 2 years for the State Housing Commission in Western Australia, building Austrian pre-fab homes in... |
330 |
| KERBLER, Rudolf J | 1951 | UGOLINO VIVALDI |
Carpenter as part of contract to build housing for the state governmentt. Built many houses throughout the state. Now lives with his wife in... |
373 |
| KERSHAW, Ann Josephine | 1977 | TURKMENIA |
Josephine is the third of four children of Dr Robert and Mrs Nora Armine Kershaw (nee McCutcheon). While working in London, met geologist Edmond... |
81 |
| KARAS, James Emil (Jim) | 1979 | TURKMENIA |
Jim grew up in West Leederville having arrived with his parents Emil and Dorothy Karas in 1950 by a BOAC Airship. Linda was born in 1951. Jim... |
187 |
| KNAPTON, George & Eliza | 1854 | TRAVANCORE |
George Holland Knapton was a member of the local Busselton Town Trust & served as Acting Chairman from 31st October 1859. |
442 |
| KOVACICH, Kata & Kata | 1951 | TOSCANA |
Mother & Daughter travelled together to meet up with Husband & Father Frank, whom they had not seen for 13 years and the first time his... |
85 |
| KOVAC, Hilarij | 1960 | TOSCANA | 349 | |
| KOSOVICH, Niko & Dusanka | 1956 | TOSCANA |
They were ordinary, hard working, honest and down to earth people who endured a lot of hardship. They had very few luxuries throughout their lives... |
396 |
| KING, Isabella & Family | 1926 | THEMISTOCLES |
Isabella Cuthbert King (nee Divine) a widow, emigrated with three children & in 2007 had 44 direct descendants. Jessie, married Raymond King... |
ALBANY |
| KOSONEN, Joseph W & Vera M | 1925 | THEMISTOCLES |
Father & Mother bought a virgin bush property of 160 acres. They cleared the land with one saw. With the help of the children they made a... |
ALBANY |
| KATSELAS, Harris | 1955 | TASMANIA | 185 | |
| KOUANIS, Katina | 1955 | TASMANIA |
Arrived with fianceé Dimitrios Labrou. Married 6 months later. Created own business. Worked hard. Has wonderful nature & creativity. |
272 |
| KRAUS, Willi | 1951 | SYDNEY |
Married Elisabetha Reinicke and had three children - Rolfe, Ferdinand and Marianne. Willi worked in Victoria and returned to Western Australia by... |
42 |
| KENDA, Antonio | 1953 | SYDNEY |
Married to Stella Stemberger in 1957. |
139 |
| KURZ, Ernst Robert | 1955 | SYDNEY |
Ernst travelled to Fremantle in advance of his wife Emmy and son Bernhard (see separate listing) who arrived on 29 January 1956. Ernst worked... |
187 |
| KLIMEK, Aniela | 1965 | SYDNEY |
Aniela, widowed, from Poland aged 57 with her two youngest sons Antoni & Robert Marian. Sponsored to Australia by the oldest son Bill Klimek ,... |
212 |
| KLIMEK, Antoni | 1965 | SYDNEY |
Arrived with mum Aniela & brother Robert to join older brother Wilhelm who arrived in 1949. 1967 sponsored fiancee Helena Uroda, married same... |
212 |
| KLIMEK, Robert Marian | 1965 | SYDNEY |
First resided as student at my brother Bill's Dongara Seaspray Caravan park. Moved to Perth, from apprenticeship to Mining, Earthmoving, Bus... |
212 |
| KOVACIC, Jaka, Ivan & Zeljan | 1963 | SYDNEY |
Jaka, Ivan (b.09/12/1951) & Zeljan (b. 07/12/1955) came to Australia to reunite with their husband and father, who arrived 20 months earlier... |
347 |
| KNAUER, Georgina Elfrieda | 1952 | SURRIENTO |
Came to marry and start a new life and is still the only member of her family (apart from her children's and husband's family) in Australia. |
22 |
| KURZ, Emmy & Bernhard | 1956 | SURRIENTO |
Emmy and her son, Bernhard travelled to Perth to join Ernst Robert Kurz (Emmy's husband and Bernhard's father - see separate listing - who arrived... |
187 |
| KOUZINAS, Vasilios | 1960 | STRATHNAVER |
Married - Helen Sholdas 20th April 1969. Three children Anastasia, Sophia & Katherine |
1 |
| KOCH, Johann & Winifred | 1959 | STRATHNAVER |
Immigrated to Australia with their 4 year old son, John Michael Koch. Lived on South Terrace in Fremantle then Medina, then Hamilton Hill from... |
2 |
| KOCH, John Michael | 1959 | STRATHNAVER |
Lived with parents in Fremantle, Medina And Hamilton Hill. Attended University of WA. Now lives in Leeming. Married Beverley Lorrainne Glossop and... |
2 |
| KOCH, Andrea Larina | 1950 | STRATHNAVER |
My parents (both deceased) lived in Subiaco & later Claremont. Dad, an Industrial Chemist, worked at WA Thomas & Co, Cottesloe. I was... |
193 |
| KARSAKIS, Arthur (Nasso) | 1937 | STRATHNAVER |
Went to 21 Mile Peg, Waneroo on dirt track from Perth. |
347 |
| KNIGHT, Jessie | 1935 | STRATHNAVER |
Married in Fremantle in 1935. Involved in starting Anglican Homes |
371 |
| KENNY, Linda (née BLACKLEY) | 1954 | STRATHNAVER |
It was my Dad's dream to live in Australia from his young days. He wanted to make the trip as a honeymoon and settle here. In 1998, I returned to... |
475 |
| KEANE Family | 1953 | STRATHMORE |
Rosalind Keane Harry Keane John Keane Norah Keane Margaret Keane Louisa Woodward Fred Woodward |
203 |
| KANNIS, John K | 1946 | STRATHMORE |
John Komininos Kannis was a tailor by trade. In his short life (he died aged 49 years of heart failure) he achieved much worth. As well as... |
88 |
| KANNIS, Elpida | 1946 | STRATHMORE | 176 | |
| KARP, Sophie | 1951 | STRATHMORE |
Sophie (Karpathakis) came to Australia to meet her husband John Karp who had arrived nine months earlier. After giving birth to two daughters... |
355 |
| KIRKBY Ernest | 1961 | STRATHEDEN | 12 | |
| KNOWLES, Edward & Jane | 1948 | STRATHEDEN |
Domiciled European - India. Edward employed Administraton, North Western Railway, India then Pakistan. Left Pakistan because of troubled unsettled... |
22 |
| KNOWLES, Edwina & Peggy | 1948 | STRATHEDEN |
School Our Lady's College (now Mercedes). Peggy worked ABC until retired 1987. Edwina worked AMP 1951-1956. Trained as Nursing Sister London 1958... |
22 |
| KENNY, Ellison & Margaret | 1963 | STRATHEDEN |
Margaret and Ellison, with their two and a half year old daughter, arrived in Fremantle full of adventure and optimism. They loved Australia -... |
47 |
| KYLE, J, S & A | 1963 | STRATHEDEN | 109 | |
| KIRBY, Fred, Dora & Rita | 1951 | STRATHEDEN |
Settling in Belmont, Fred worked for PWD and Piccadilly Theatre. Dora, secretary Belmont Road Board. 1957 daughter Rita married Gerald van Vliet... |
272 |
| KOEHNE Family | 1959 | STRATHEDEN |
Edward J Koehne Jnr was a US Submariner who served at Fremantle where he met Enid Kathleen Taylor. They married in 1944 and moved to the USA. In... |
400 |
| KERLEY, Catherine M | 1952 | STRATHAIRD |
'Child Migrant' in care of foster parents. Existence of 'family' not known at that time |
14 |
| KEOGH, P & A, B, P, J, M, H | 1949 | STRATHAIRD |
Migrated from Ireland for a better life for their young family, especially education and weather. Neither parents returned to Ireland and Annie is... |
22 |
| KELLY, Elizabeth | 1952 | STRATHAIRD |
Also known as Lily.Travelled to Australia to marry her fiance, James Spratt, a farmer in the Mallee. They married the day she arrived in Fremantle... |
26 |
| KINNERSLEY, Desmond D | 1951 | STRATHAIRD |
Domiciled European resident in British India prior to Partition |
213 |
| KOWARSKY, Alec & Zelda | 1954 | STRATHAIRD |
Alec & Zelda & their 3 children (Norma, John & Brenda) were the very first of what later became a great wave of South African migrants... |
287 |
| KESACOFF, Erich & Fanny | 1950 | STRATHAIRD |
Because of WWII Erich left his brothers and parents in Vienna, taking up a position with the Music Conservatory in Jerusalem. Fanny Magier left... |
402 |
| KELLY, Clare | 1946 | STIRLING CASTLE |
Came out as a war bride. We have now been married 62 years. |
398 |
| KIDDEY, Kevin & Pat | 1969 | SOUTHERN CROSS |
We came for a working holiday and loved it so much that we stayed. |
308 |
| KALNINS, Elza, Vija, Zedones | 1950 | SKAUGUM |
Departed Riga Latvija 1942 for Berlin and Frankfurt. We stayed in Germany for 8 years. Departed Germany for Australia. Arrived in Fremantle Port... |
2 |
| KROLL, Victor & Therese | 1950 | SKAUGUM |
Victor was a displaced PoW at the end of WWII. He married Therese in 1949 and they had a son in Germany named Helmut. They decided to emigrate to... |
5 |