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| Title | Arrival Year | Ship Name | Story |
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| OVERKLIFT-VAUPELKLEIJN, AF | 1973 | ELLINIS |
The Orelia (part of the Cogedar Lines) was the last ship to carry migrants to Australia. The ship left from Rotterdam on Christmas Eve. |
55 |
| OTTAVIANO, Gabriele | 1956 | OCEANIA |
Gabriele arrived and was sent to work in Manjimup for 2 years and saved money to send back to Italy so his wife and child could come to Australia... |
53 |
| OTTAVIANO, Rosa & Tommaso | 1958 | NEPTUNIA |
Rosa and her son Tommaso were re-united with husband and father Gabriele after 2 years and made her home in Perth. She worked in the childrens... |
53 |
| O'BRIEN-MALONE, JAD | 1951 | ESPERANCE BAY | 52 | |
| OSTROWSKI, Z & F | 1949 | MOZAFFARI |
Harry and Phyllis settled in Narrogin where Harry worked for the Main Roads Department, and Alicia and George were born. In 1960 they moved to... |
52 |
| OTTOBRINO, Nicola | 1953 | SURRIENTO |
Married Maria Eufemia Rechichi 27/10/1956, St. Brigid's Catholic Church, West Perth. Father of four: Arcangela 28/07/1957 (married Ilija... |
52 |
| O'NEILL, Geraldine | 1958 | STRATHAIRD |
Came to WA under 10 pound migrant scheme. Married Dermot Foley in 1959. Had two daughters Marie-Clare and Elizabeth and three grand-children;... |
5 |
| 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'MALLEY (MALEY), Thomas | 1866 | ROBERT MORRISON |
Thomas arrived with brother John - who later went on to USA & Canada. They were nominated by their sister Margaret and husband William Cant.... |
484 |
| ODDEN, Odd | 1942 | MADRONO |
Odd was sick and had to go to hospital to have his tonsils out. Met and later married his wife Jean who was a nurse at Fremantle hospital. |
48 |
| O'NEILL, Michael & Brigid | 1967 | ORONSAY |
Moved to Salmon Gums in 1968. Operated a mechanical workshop. We had 2 children Michael Joseph & Eva. We still run the workshop as a family... |
477 |
| OCKELFORD Family | 1962 | CASTEL FELICE |
How exciting to be sailing to Melbourne Australia. Though Mum was so sick on the voyage we disembarked at Fremantle. Dad found work at Cockatoo... |
471 |
| O'NEILL Family | 1965 | FAIRSTAR | 46 | |
| OLSEN, Margit | 1905 | KARLSRUHE |
Margit came with her mother Inger and sisters Ella and Klara to join her father Carl Andersen, who had arrived in 1901 and was Master of a coastal... |
46 |
| OLSEN, Simon A | 1912 | VASCO DA GAMA |
Simon came to Australia as a whaler, and worked at the original Point Cloates and Albany whaling stations. In Fremantle he met Margit, another... |
46 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Tim & Johanna | 1971 | BRITANIS |
A future for daughter Siobhan. |
45 |
| O'SULLIVAN Family | 1963 | STRATHEDEN | 45 | |
| OATLEY, Bert, Vera, JL & SP | 1939 | ORMONDE |
WWII declared on voyage to Australia. Believe last ship to sail via the Suez Canal. Settled in Highgate Hill. Joan & Shirley attended local... |
448 |
| OBERHAUSER, Helmut | 1959 | SYDNEY | 448 | |
| OATES, George & Bruce | 1951 | STRATHMORE | 441 | |
| OATEY, Samuel Kenneth | 1929 | BARADINE | 440 | |
| OAKDEN, John & Pat & David | 1967 | CASTEL FELICE |
Had a wonderful life here in WA. Had two more children and have 8 grandchildren. |
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| OLIVER, CM, JP, NA, & AJ | 1964 | CANBERRA | 438 | |
| OWEN, Thomas & Catherine | 1910 | SEYDLITZ |
The Owen family were among the Welsh Patagonians who migrated to WA in 1910. They established 'Gwalia' Farm in the 'Welsh Settlement' near Moora.... |
431 |
| OCHILTREE, Isabella S | 1912 | WAIMANA |
Married another Scot, John Williamson, who was decorated for bravery in the ANZAC forces during WWI. Had a happy family life in Wiluna, Canning... |
427 |
| O'KEEFE, Patrick & Patricia | 1950 | CHITRAL |
Patrick & Patricia arrived in Fremantle on the CHITRAL on 16/12/1950. We had no family or relations here, as we had just married in 1949. |
427 |
| O'NEILL, Thomas | 1830 | HINDOO |
Moved to Toodyay. Was stock manager for Squire Phillips of Culham. Married Catherine Wilton then farmed at Glenmore 1856. Had seven children,... |
427 |
| O'NEILL, Thomas G | 1951 | ASTURIAS |
Thomas George O'Neill was born in Northern Ireland. Military service was from 1939-1947, with four years in India. He lived & worked in WA... |
427 |
| OAKES, Albert & Margaret | 1926 | BARRABOOL |
The family spent a harrowing time in Peru, where they had accepted a contract to grow cotton, before being found & brought back to England... |
426 |
| 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 |
| OSGOOD, C, G & Family | 1978 | KOTA SINGAPURA |
Following a visit to North Queensland by husband when with the services, we decided that we wished to bring our family here to live, looking for a... |
421 |
| OWENS, J & GK | 1955 | ORONSAY | 421 | |
| OOMKENS Family | 1956 | JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT |
Martinus Oomkens arrived with his wife Clarisa & 3 daughters Helena, Antoinette & Elizabeth in 1956. A fourth daugher (Louisa Clarisa) was... |
416 |
| OAKES, John Ernest H | 1928 | ORMONDE |
Migrated to become a farmer in Carnamah, WA. Depression forced owner to walk off the land. John joined NML, then served in RAAF Albury. After 2nd... |
41 |
| O'NEILL, Christine | 1968 | CASTEL FELICE |
became an australian citizen in 1970 and married west australian born trevor harris the same year. had 3 children, have been back to the UK 4... |
41 |
| O'BRIEN, NCA | 1949 | STRATHMORE | 409 | |
| OUDEJANS, Simon & Therese | 1952 | JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT |
Finally settled in Wollongong, NSW. Five children - John, Margaret, Jim, Rick & Dianne. |
407 |
| O'HANLON, Thomas Edward | 1963 | ORONSAY |
Worked up north of WA. Port Hedland, Wickham, Shay Gap, Mt. Newman, Telfer, Paraburdoo, Tom Price & Cockatoo Island. |
406 |
| OLDFIELD, Annie | 1950 | ORCADES | 403 | |
| OKAS Family | 1949 | MOZAFFARI | 402 | |
| OSTENDORF, AH, AM & KCB | 1969 | ELLINIS |
Harry and Toni (and daughter) soon settled in Bunbury. They have since had 2 more daughters and 8 grandchildren. Harry has been made a life... |
402 |
| OZICH, Mate | 1938 | ORMONDE |
Joined his brother Ante (Tony) at the Main Camp in Kurrawang. His wife and children remained in Yugoslavia. His son Ljubomir immigrated to... |
40 |
| OSBORNE, VN & Family | 1951 | OTRANTO |
Violet (Cookie) Osborne and her four daughters migrated from India to England in 1946. A relationship developed with Patrick Torpy and a fifth... |
4 |
| O'DONOGHUE, R, L, & Family | 1963 | STRATHMORE | 397 | |
| OLSZOWY, Joe & Florentyna | 1950 | SKAUGUM |
Jozef and Florentyna came to Western Australia as displaced persons accompanied by their two children Krystyna and Ryszard and spent the first two... |
39 |
| OZICH, Ljubomir | 1956 | SURRIENTO |
Joined his father Mate and uncle Ante (Tony) at Lakewood Woodline. His family (Matilda and Nenad) followed in September 1959. Daughter (Elma) born... |
39 |
| OZSDOLAY Family | 1950 | FAIRSEA |
Post WW11 displaced persons from Hungary. |
39 |
| OSBORNE, Basil CJ & Carol A | 1958 | ORONTES |
Came to Australia to reunite with parents Jim and Marie Osborne, and siblings Daphne, Loyola (known as Lea), Carol and Jimmy, and for a better... |
388 |
| OSBORNE, Carol & James HL | 1955 | GEORGIC |
Carol & Jimmy were the 2 youngest of 6 children, all born in India. Left India in 1949, then England in 1955 for a better life and climate. 2... |
388 |
| OSBORNE, Daphne & Loyola | 1955 | GEORGIC |
My father was in the British Army Tank Corps when he was sent to India. We were all born in Bombay. I had three sisters and two brothers. We... |
388 |