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PERAZZELLI, Umberto 1956 ROMA

Umberto came to Australia with his sister Berenice. He worked in underground mining in Leonora for 2½ years. He moved to Perth & trained as a...

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POTTS, James, Stephen, Susan 1956 NEW AUSTRALIA

Michael was the oldest surviving sibling following the death of our sister Joan Potts in England in 1943. Michael arrived in Fremantle on board...

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POTTS, John, Kathleen, David 1956 NEW AUSTRALIA

Family now consists of 30 people.

380
PAGANO, Carmine A 1956 OCEANIA

My father came to Australia following early life as a market gardener on the family farm. He and Nicoletta laid the foundations for a strong and...

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PUGLIA, Campione Giuseppa 1956 NEPTUNIA

Travelled with friends to be with her husband in Perth.

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PIROZZI, Francesco 1956 OCEANIA 452
PANNEKOEK, Jack & Elly 1956 SIBAJAK

After having served in the Dutch Navy, Jack and Ellie married and decided to migrate to Australia with daughter Anja 9 months old, in search of a...

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PEREIRA Family 1957 ROMA

Lucilia left Madeira Portugal accompanied by her children Manuela (14), Dinis (13), Ana (11) and her Mother-In-Law Francesca Da Graca. They came...

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PASSARELLI, A R 1957 SYDNEY 1
PASSARELLI, M G 1957 SYDNEY 1
PARENTICH, Ivo 1957 OCEANIA

Ivo came to WA to reunite with his father, Maté, who had come here to earn money for his family after WWI. After a tragic fishing accident where...

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PACECCA, Emidio 1957 AUSTRALIA

Migrated to Australia in order to provided a better lifestyle and education for the family. He first joined his brother Giuseppe who had migrated...

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PIZZALE, Corrado & Maria 1957 OCEANIA

Corrado first came to Australia to visit his father. He fell in love with the country and returned to Italy to marry, and bring his young wife...

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PEDROLI Family 1957 SYDNEY

Giacomo Pedroli left Tresivio (in the Italian Alps) for WA in 1904. Travelled to the Goldfields, then Corrigin, where he cleared farming land in...

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POOT, Gerrit Marinus 1957 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Worked as farm hand and went shearing. Shared pig farm in 1960, then farming. Now lives in Geraldton with family.

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PELLEGRINI, Linda 1957 AUSTRALIA

Linda married Guido by Proxy on 22.07.1956. Left behind family consisting of parents, four brothers and three sisters. Had two children - Pina 26....

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PERAK, Ankica 1957 NEPTUNIA

The relatives that sponsored me to Australia were among earlier settlers. Gave me a far better lifestyle, a greater opportunity to make my life...

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PARISELLA, Palmina 1957 NEPTUNIA

Palmina came to Australia to marry her fiance; Fernando Velletri who had migrated to Australia in 1952. He had only intended to stay for a short...

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PISAN, Carla P (COLLAVO) 1957 AUSTRALIA

Mum, my brother and I followed my father to Australia two years after he arrived. He was a Farmer/Coal Miner and mum was a Secretary/Housewife. We...

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PISCICELLI, Ermando 1957 NEPTUNIA

Son of Rosa Maria Marchioli and Domenico Piscicelli from Casalbordino. Married Maria Elena Sabatino on 9 September, 1948 in Vasto. They had four...

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PASSANTE, Tonino 1957 SYDNEY 327
PASSARELLI, Antonio 1957 SYDNEY 327
PAPOTTO, G & V & Family 1957 AUSTRALIA

Giuseppe & Vincenza migrated to Perth with two daughters Rosetta & Angelina. Then later had a daughter Eleonora. Giuseppe was a master in...

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PLATI, Francesco & Cosimo 1957 AUSTRALIA 347
PLATI, Rita & Concetta 1957 AUSTRALIA 347
PLATI, Stella Maria C 1957 AUSTRALIA 347
PILLA Family 1957 AUSTRALIA

Michelina's father Libro Antonio left Italy to go to America in 1930 returning December 1957. Michelina left Italy August 1957, taking her...

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POLINELLI, Gianni Mario 1957 ROMA 362
PECA, Nicola 1957 AUSTRALIA 392
PALERMO, Antonio 1957 UNKNOWN 396
PIZZI, Antonio 1957 AUSTRALIA

Antonio left for Fremantle from the Port of Napoli on 31st May 1957, aged 19. He celebrated his 20th birthday on board on 5/06/1957 & arrived...

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PEPPLINKHOUSE, C & Family 1957 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Arrival date was in Melbourne.

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POLLOCK, Robert & Jeanette 1958 FAIRSKY

My first job on arrival in 1958 was the State Government railways. I started work at Perth Station and later moving to Assistant Conductor on the...

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PERONE, Lucrezia 1958 ORION 17
PETRIC, Josip, Zlata & Son 1958 SYDNEY

1958 - Arrived in Fremantle from Croatia on ship "Sydney" ( boarded Italy). Josip worked on railway line 2 yrs, then as a carpenter. 1964-...

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PHILLIPS, EB & E 1958 ORONTES

Came over with our 12 year old daughter Dorothy

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PIGNATIELLO, E & C 1958 NEPTUNIA

Emma, with son Carmine, came to join her husband, Antonio. Emma was happy to be on land, not just for the reunion, but because she was seasick for...

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PAPICH, Dragomir 1958 OCEANIA

Dragomir Papich arrived in Fremantle on the Oceania in 1958. He left his parents and three brothers to follow his true love, Alsa Pavisic, whom he...

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PROFFITT, John David 1958 STRATHEDEN

I always thanked my father for bringing us to Australia, because from day one I fell in love with the sunshine, open spaces, beaches and the bush...

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PASSCHIER, Willem & Antje 1958 WATERMAN 78
PIETRACATELLA Family 1958 AUSTRALIA

Maria Pietracatella joined her husband Donato 2 yrs later in 1958 together with their 5 children; Agostino, Mario, Giovanni, Raffaella and...

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PEOU, Faye 1958 STRATHMORE 138
PEARMAN, Donald Alan 1958 FAIRSEA 141
PEACOCK Family 1958 STRATHNAVER

Lawrence James Peacock dob 14/11/1912 died 21/07/1996,
Kathleen Peacock dob 01/11/1912, Jacqueline Anne Peacock dob 05/12/1940 and Lesley...

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PELKA, Gerhard Karl 1958 CASTEL FELICE

There is not too much to say about myself. I went to Melbourne (Bonegila) for 6 weeks, and went around Australia on a working holiday to Cairns to...

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PROFFITT, Andrew R 1958 STRATHEDEN

Whole family Eric John, Joan May, John and Andrew Proffitt (sons) emigrated in 1958. Eric (John) was a Pharmacist initially in Collie and 3/4...

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PAPP, Josef 1958 TOSCANA

Retired in 2004. Living in Melbourne. Two children, Robert and Sylvie.

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PISCICELLI, Maria Elena 1958 NEPTUNIA

Daugher of Elisabetta Smargiassi and Michele Sabatino of Vasto. Married Ermando Piscicelli on 9 September, 1948 in Vasto. They had four children;...

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PARK, CB & G 1958 IBERIA 298
PAINI, Sergio 1958 STRATHEDEN

Arrived from Switzerland in 1958. Married my wife Patricia (nee Bogue) in 1962. We have a son & daughter plus 2 grandchildren. Worked as a...

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