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OLSEN, Emil & Esther 1956 SKAUBRYN

Came to Australia with 16/-, one suitcase, a nine year and a 1 1/2 year old. The family travelled 5 hours on the back of an open truck from...

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OSTASHKEVICH, H & Family 1951 SKAUBRYN

Helen was born into aristocracy in St Petersburg, Russia. She left for Belgrade, via Constantinople during the Russian Revolution. Her husband was...

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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...

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OLSZOWY, Jozef & 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...

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OMAT, C, G & GV 1950 SKAUGUM 197
OWCZARSKI, Stefan & Helene 1950 SKAUGUM

Stefan Owczarski worked at Wittenoom and in 1955 bought a farm in Seabrook via Northam where his wife helped run market garden and piggery.

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ORACZ-CHMIELEWSKA, H & D 1950 SKAUGUM 292
OSYKA Family 1950 SKAUGUM 306
OVERTON, AE & JM 1951 SOMERSETSHIRE

Ex-Indian Army Officer ‘Badge' Overton and family settled in the goldfields. Winning charities in 1958 enabled them to settle in Claremont. The...

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OGDEN, Joyce 1949 SOMERSETSHIRE

Married K L Ward 09/12/1950. K L Ward arrived in WA in 1947.

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OATLEY, Herbert John 1925 SOPHOCLES

From a family of 11 children. Joined the RAF near the end of WWI, the worked on railway. Aged 24, emigrated with two friends. Worked with the '100...

ALBANY
O'CONNOR, Richard, Elspeth 1967 SOUTHERN CROSS

Accompanying children, Philip, Bernard and Geoffrey O'Connor, Richard worked in the oil industry starting at Barrow Island and then Burmah Oil....

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O'HARA, Margaret K 1967 SOUTHERN CROSS 28
O'CONNOR, Leary & Family 1967 SOUTHERN CROSS

I arrived with my wife Gillian & 5 children ranging from 1 - 7. We came together with my brother Richard, his wife Elspeth & 3 sons, so we...

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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;...

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O'SULLIVAN Family 1963 STRATHEDEN 45
O'CONNOR-BYRNE Family 1948 STRATHEDEN

My parents and 4 sisters and 1 brother arrived Fremantle 1948. As there was a housing shortage my sisters & brother were placed in a Catholic...

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OWENS, Maud 1951 STRATHEDEN 309
OWENS, Maud Margaret 1951 STRATHEDEN 309
OBOUHOFF, Anatole A 1950 STRATHEDEN 350
O'DONNELL, Florence P 1923 STRATHMORE 74
OLIVER, Alexander & Sarah 1963 STRATHMORE

Under "Lonnie Scheme” recruiting skilled tradesmen.

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OLIVER, Georgina Agnew 1957 STRATHMORE

I migrated with my family Jessie and Alex Oliver (parents) and Sandra Oliver (sister). My brother John migrated in 1952 through the Big Brother...

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O'DONOGHUE, R, L, & Family 1963 STRATHMORE 397
O'BRIEN, NCA 1949 STRATHMORE 409
OATES, George & Bruce 1951 STRATHMORE 441
O'BRIEN, MJ & MJ & Family 1959 STRATHNAVER

Son Michael 5 years old on arrival. Represented Australia Olympic Games Munich 1972 for boxing. 17 years old was Irish born so great rush to...

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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...

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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...

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ODORISIO, Pietro 1949 SURRIENTO

Pietro Odorisio aged seventeen arrived to meet his grandfather also named Pietro Odorisio who had been in Australia since 1926.

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OLLIVIER Family 1952 SYDNEY

Herveline Ollivier and children, Nana (Anne-Marie) Paulette, Pierrot (Jean-Pierre) Mimi (Marie-Louise) and Danielle initially stayed in South...

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ONESTI, Libiana (BARTOLAI) 1952 SYDNEY

Barely of age, a new husband and a new country. Mum successfully raised four children and gave us a happy life. An inspiration to me, a credit to...

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OMODEI, Giovanni & Maria 1914 SYDNEY

After Bullfinch, the family moved to Gwalia and Dad worked as a miner at the Sons of Gwalia mine. Later moved to Eastbrook near Pemberton and...

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OROPALLO, Anna 1953 SYDNEY

Anna arrived in Fremantle in 1953 to marry Ignazio Pisani, a friend of the family. They have three children and nine grandchildren. She was one of...

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ODORISIO, Camillo & Maria A 1953 SYDNEY

Came to Australia to join their only son who had arrived at 17 years of age to join his own grandfather, Pietro Odoriso, who had been in Australia...

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OBERHAUSER, Helmut 1959 SYDNEY 448
OLSEN, Christian & Ragna 1927 TALLEYRAND

3 Children Born Busselton: Anne Jean Olsen Arvid Olsen Ivan Olsen

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OULD, Edith M 1924 THEMISTOCLES

Arrived in Albany, then to Group 116 now known as Ravenhills Farm. Allocated own farm. Sadly mother died six months later & father was left...

ALBANY
OVERSBY, George & Mary-Ann 1924 THEMISTOCLES

Group Settlement Scheme #38 McLeod Creek Karridale. Lost eldest son 23yrs in Perenjori WA (1924). Another son, George, killed using dynamite on...

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OSTOJIC, Ana 1958 TOSCANA

Arrived in Australia to join her husband who arrived four years earlier. Full time home maker. Still lives with her husband in South Fremantle....

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OGNENOVSKI, S, A & C 1957 TOSCANA 104
OTTOLINI, Maria Ida & Leo 1951 TOSCANA

Mother & son came out together in 1951.

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OTWAY, Mary (nee MURPHY) 1853 TRAVANCORE

Married Thomas Otway in York, WA on 11/03/1854. They were farmers in the Beverley area & were successful & aquired two servants. They had...

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O'LONE, James & Heather 1977 TURKMENIA 80
OTTOBRINO, Angelo 1950 UGOLINO VIVALDI

Angelo came to Australia to find work and make a better life for his family. He went to Bodallin to chop trees and clear the land. He earned 9...

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ORMSTON, Alfred 1926 UNKNOWN

Arrived with father (Alfred), step-mother, brother (Fred) & sister (Connie). Began farming at Burracoppin WA.

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O'LOUGHLIN, Patrick 1900 UNKNOWN

Worked on Railway in Chidlows. Married Alice Fitzgerald 26/12/03, Fremantle. 5 children - Johanna Margaret b 1904, John Thomas b 1907 d 1977, Mary...

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O'LEARY, Timothy Francis 1900 UNKNOWN

Married Mary (1904), daughter John & Phoebe McCaffrey who arrived Fremantle, Hastings 26/07/1869. Children: Blanche, Stanislaus (m. Mary (...

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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...

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OSBORNE, HJ 1928 VEDIC

Harry Osborne left his apprenticeship as a plumber in 1928 and came out to Western Australia under the Lord Mayor of London's scheme to provide...

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