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MEISTER, Karl 1939 ORONTES

Karl followed his cousin Robert Meister to Perth after he had arrived a year earlier on the Esquilina.

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MEISTER, Robert Otto 1938 ESQUILINO

Surname changed in 1946 to Masters. Of Jewish origin, Robert fled from Austria shortly before the German army invaded. Many relatives failed to...

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MEYER 1954 FAIRSEA 26
MIKOLAJSKA, Michalina 1958 OCEANIA 26
MORRIS Family 1966 ELLINIS

The Morris Family moved from Bunbury to Thornlie (1967) then Forrestdale (1976). Tom worked in Fremantle, retired 1992. Tom and Marg won many...

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MARTINOVICH, Ante 1956 SURRIENTO

Settled in Osborne Park & worked on a market garden before moving into the crayfishing industry. Later bought wife Oliva & daughter Vanya...

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MARTINOVICH, Oliva & Vanya 1957 TOSCANA 260
MOORE, Mabel L 1911 RANGATIRA 260
MARCIANO, Concetta 1949 UGOLINO VIVALDI 261
MARCIANO, Epifanio 1949 UGOLINO VIVALDI 261
MARCIANO, Ida 1949 UGOLINO VIVALDI 261
MARCON, Antonio 1937 VIMINALE

Arrived in Australia with mother & 2 sisters to join his father & brother who had migrated earlier. He was active in the community eg....

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MARTINO, Domenico Antonio 1925 ORSOVA

Dedicated family man. Honest, hard-working and father to 8 boys.

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MCKEOWN, Stuart & Margaret 1953 NEW AUSTRALIA 261
MCKEOWN, Stuart & Norah 1953 NEW AUSTRALIA

Stuart, Norah, Stuart (5 yrs) & Margaret McKeown (20 months) emigrated. No regrets at all. We had little money but both sought & found...

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MCNEIL, James & Emily 1912 GOTHIC

Parents James & Emily & children; Rachel, James, Letitia & Hugh came to Australia. Emily was born in Australia. The family went back...

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MEHMET, Dervish 1961 ORSOVA

Married Peree Mary Lowe in Wyong 1966. Have 4 daughters; Nalan, Sharlane, Denise and Shenaye. 1973 Settled in Perth, WA. Dervish was a Fitter...

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MUSITANO, Angelina, Domenico 1939 ESQUILINO

We accompanied our mother and sister to Australia to reunite with our our Father. We are both married with 5 and 4 children respectively and many...

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MUSITANO, Giuseppe 1930 ORAMA

Eldest of large family married with no children at that stage. Later had 4 children, 3 born in Italy and 1 born in Bunbury WA. Travelled back to...

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MUSITANO, Teresa, Caterina 1939 ESQUILINO

Teresa and 3 young children aged 5, 3 & 2 travelled to Australia to join her husband. She was a devoted wife & wonderful mother. A fourth...

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MARIJAN, Vice 1969 GUGLIELMO MARCONI

Arrived at Fremantle and immediately travelled north to Carnarvon to work with relatives on the banana plantations. Left Australia a year later...

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MARJORAM, PJ & PF 1963 FAIRSKY

We were young newlyweds and Peter as a civil engineer answered an ad for engineers by Main Roads Dept. Was recruited by Don Aitken and accepted...

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MORELLINI, Massimo 1914 OTWAY

Massimo left Italy because of Europe's mass unemployment & arrived in WA as WWI broke out. He stayed, because there was to be no conscription...

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MORELLINI, Natale 1926 ORSOVA

Honest, hardworking & innovative. Natale finished his education in Boulder & then worked as a Ganger on the rail-line to earn money to buy...

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MCCLELLAND, Heather 1967 FAIRSTAR

Parents Christina Jean McClelland and William Thomson Milne McClelland left Scotland with 7 of their 8 children. David stayed in Scotland with his...

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MCPHAIL, Mary 1853 CLARA

Mary was an Irish needle woman who emigrated from Ireland to escape the harsh conditions following the Potato Famine. Mary worked for Slades on...

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MACSWEEN Family 1967 CASTEL FELICE 264
MCCARLEY, John & Isabella 1860 ESCORT

John & Isabella McCarley from Northern Ireland, settled Greenough district. Originally tenant farmer for Hugh Hamersley, then farmed own land...

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MASSARA, C, C, M & J 1956 NEPTUNIA

Cosimo Massara arrived in Australia in 1949 prior to Catarina, Maria & Joseph who arrived in 1956. They moved to find greater opportunities...

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MASTERS Family 1968 ELLINIS

Derek (20/10/1936) & Brenda (26/16/1939) arrived in Melbourne aboard the Ellinis on the hottest day for years. We both obtained employment...

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MARCHIORO, Gaetano 1927 ORAMA

Arrived in Perth Australia 1927 to establish a new life for his wife Teresa & son Silvio. They united with him in 1930 via the Orsova....

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MARCHIORO, Teresa & Silvio 1930 ORSOVA

Teresa and son Silvio arrived in Perth Australia via Orsova 1930 to reunite with Gaetano. Daughter Carmen was born 1931. Early years in Paynes...

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MARSTON Family 1970 CANBERRA

To join husband who arrived in 1969. Remainder of family arrived 1977.

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MILLER, Ivor A 1951 ASTURIAS

Was evacuated during WW2. Loved to go and watch Alex Henshaw - test pilot for Spitfires. Came to Australia as £10 POM. Came via Fremantle then on...

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MARSTON, Ronald A 1969 AUSTRALIS

To find a new life for his family who arrived later.

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MASTROCOLA, IB 1955 SURRIENTO 268
MANGANO, Pasqua 1954 SYDNEY 269
MALEY, Ivy RC 1913 ORSOVA

Came with her eldest sister, Elsie Maley. Rest of family arrived January 1915 on the Australind. Ivy married Horace Percy Neame on 01/06/1918.

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MULLER, Emile 1968 GUGLIELMO MARCONI 269
MUTH Family 1954 FAIRSEA

Families Karl Muth, Manfred Rihm & Guenther Schupp from Mannheim, Germany emigrated 26/07/1954 on MS Fairsea to Fremantle. They worked on the...

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MACRI, Salvatore 1968 GUGLIELMO MARCONI

A young man of 19 left his home land and loved one to find a better life. He arrived with $10 in his pocket but with a will to work hard and...

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MAZZELLA, Giovanni & Anne 1962 ORION

Giovanni Mazzella originally from Ischia, Italy, and Anne Stewart originally from Rangoon, Burma, got married in Richmond, Surrey, England....

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MISICH, Nikica & Sofija 1955 NEPTUNE

Migrated after World War Two to rejoin the Misic family, seeking a new start to life.

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MITCHELL, Marion & Bob 1963 CANBERRA 27
MONTGOMERY, Christina 1929 LARGS BAY

Christina MacKintosh, daughter of Duncan MacKintosh & Mary Macgillivray married Donald Montgomery, 5/9/1916, Inverness Scotland. The family of...

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MULTARI, Francesco 1948 UGOLINO VIVALDI

Arrived in Australia with no family or friends at the age of 22. He worked hard in the wood industry cutting logs and then delivering wood to...

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MILES, James, Mary & Family 1912 AJANA 270
MARRIS Family 1956 ORONTES

We lived in the Como Caravan Park for first 3 weeks. The family came here in 1956, returned to England in 1959 & came back again on the...

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MORAN, Brenda Irene 1974 NORTHERN STAR 271
MORAN, Jeanette Emily 1974 NORTHERN STAR 271