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KANE Family 1952 NEW AUSTRALIA

I arrived with my mother, father and younger brother to joint my uncle on his farm at Newdegate, in the SW of WA.

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KERLEY, Catherine M 1952 STRATHAIRD

'Child Migrant' in care of foster parents. Existence of 'family' not known at that time

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KNOL, Hidde & Pietertje 1952 FAIRSEA

Destination was meant to be Melbourne but several families disembarked in Fremantle. The Knol family being one of them.

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KNOL, Johanna & Ybeltje 1952 FAIRSEA 20
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.

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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...

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KLOMPKER, Albert & Jacoba 1952 FAIRSEA

Albert was a qualified mechanical engineer who had spent time in a forced labour camp in Poland during the Second World War. He and Jacoba were...

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KLEYN Family 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Family had four more children in Australia. Cornelius eventually ran his own piggery business after working as a brick worker, and then a baker....

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KAPTEIN, Jacobus Andreas 1952 FAIRSEA

With knife, fork, spoon, little else and speaking no English, dad was paid $10.00 per week for the journey to Australia. Originally disembarking...

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KING, Doris & Carole 1952 CAMERONIA

Geoffrey King also arrived at the same time but he returned to England 8 years later. (Mother & Daughter).

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KARPATHAKIS, CS & MA 1952 ORONTES

Came to make a new life for himself and his wife. Had four children. Bought their own home in North Fremantle and stayed there until they passed...

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KOLK Family 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Henk Kolk migrated with his wife Wilhelmina Maria who was born on 19/7/09. They arrived with their 6 children. A 7th, Johannus was born in...

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KLAVER, Nic, Veronica & John 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Nic and Veronica left to come to Australia with their 18 month old son, John. They wanted a better life for their children and grandchildren. They...

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KLANDERMANS, Jan & Martha 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Jan & Martha arrived in 1952 and camped in Morley with their 3 children. They lived in the same house until they passed away aged 96 and 91....

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KLOMPMAKER, K, M & Family 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Although our original destination was Melbourne, upon our arrival in Fremantle, Government Officials asked for volunteers to disembark in...

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KEERIS, Cor & Elisebeth 1952 FAIRSEA

Cor & Elisebeth Keeris decided to migrate to Australia to make a better life for their children. They had suffered greatly in Arnhem during...

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KEEP, Joan & Jim 1952 ASTURIAS

On arrival we brought a block of land at Midland Junction. We first built a shed and lived in it for four years, during which period we built a...

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KONSTANTINIDOU, Marika 1952 HELLENIC PRINCE 258
KLAASEN, Herman 1952 WATERMAN

Herman & his wife Jansje van Wezel arrived at Fremantle in 1963, with their 4 children, Johanna (Anne), Evert, Herman & Willem (Bill)....

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KARDOL Family 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT 323
KLESSENS, Wilhelmus (Bill) 1951 WATERMAN

Worked first as floormill hand - WAGR as fireman - Ceiling Fixer with H. B. Brady - Draftsman Duncan Plan Service'56 - Draftsman Bellscreen '57...

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KONRAD Günther 1951 OCEANIA

Came to WA with 240 Tradesmen on a work contract to supply and build 960 houses for the State Housing Commission, mainly at Willagee Park WA. With...

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KRYNTJES Adolf & Jennie 1951 GROOTE BEER

AFTER SERVING IN THE ARMY IN INDONESIA, HOLLAND WAS FAR TOO SMALL TO SETTLE DOWN SO GRABBED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO AUSTRALIA TO START A NEW...

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KLAUS, Emil 1951 AUSTRALIA

Emil replied to the search for skilled labour. Came to build houses in Willagee.

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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...

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KIDD Family 1951 CAMERONIA 50
KUIPERS Family 1951 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Abel and Adriana Kuipers emigrated to Australia in 1951 from the Netherlands with three children hoping to find a better life after leaving war...

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KASPER, Erwin 1951 NEPTUNIA 57
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...

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KING, Robert Deon 1951 NEW AUSTRALIA

Bob lived a happy nine yrs at Fairbridge. After leaving there he worked in Perth, then went to Bruce Rock & stayed. He married Shirley Anne...

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KIRKPATRICK, R & M, L & G 1951 MOOLTAN

Originally intended to migrate to Canada, but subsequently migrated to Perth, leaving Britain on "D" Day 1951 (06/06/1951). Richard was a...

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KLENER, Peter Alois 1951 AUSTRALIA

Peter Klener, a young Austrian, arrived in Fremantle to work on the Willagee Park Housing Project. After meeting his Fremantle born wife, Lorna...

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KINNERSLEY, Desmond D 1951 STRATHAIRD

Domiciled European resident in British India prior to Partition

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KING, Charles & Dorothy 1951 ORONTES

The family immigrated to Australia to Dorothy's sister. The Milner Family Rosa Glen Dairy Farmers. Settled & worked in Margaret River building...

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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...

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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...

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KENNEDY, Mary, Paddy, Miriam 1951 ASTURIAS

After a time at the Nunawadding Hostel, the family settled in the Heidelberg region. Paddy, a fitter & turner, worked at Fishermans Bend...

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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...

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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...

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KENDALL, Robert & Enid 1950 QUERIMBA

Robert worked as railways & cooperative bulk handling orchardist, was a tennis player and raised 6 children.

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KASPRZYK, Feliks 1950 GENERAL W C LANGFITT 122
KASPRZYK, Irena 1950 GENERAL W C LANGFITT 122
KASPRZYK, Jan 1950 GENERAL W C LANGFITT 122
KASPRZYK, Malwina 1950 GENERAL W C LANGFITT 122
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...

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KACZMAREK, Wladek & Anna 1950 FAIRSEA

Wladek & Anna resided on York Rd in Norinam. They had a further four children, Joseph, Christina, Vicki & Stan.

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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...

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KLEITSCH Gabrielle A 1950 GENERAL M L HERSEY

Father(Johann Kleitsch) was a gynaecologist and owned his own hospital in Betschkerek. He died in March 1947 in Europe (?Germany)

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KROLL Frank Helmut 1950 SKAUGUM

Father was born in Kharkov in the Ukraine, mother was born near Rosenheim Germany. Migrated to find a new life away from wartorn Europe, with some...

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KAIS, Paul & Maria 1950 DUNDALK BAY

Veronika Daughter, Franz Son, Paul Son, Jacob Son

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