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| Title | Arrival Year | Ship Name | Story |
Panel # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADBURN, Charles & Mary | 1923 | SOPHOCLES |
Charles Albert served in the 1st World War in Italy, and came to Australia on the Group Settlement Scheme. Charles and Mary were given land and... |
ALBANY |
| RAE, Frederick A | 1923 | THEMISTOCLES |
With the failure of the Peel Estate at Wellard, Frederick (known as Genty) moved to Manjumup and worked for the Forestry Department until World... |
ALBANY |
| RAVENHILL, WJT, FM, SF & DM | 1925 | DIOGENES |
Group Settlement 116, Tingledale, Western Australia. |
ALBANY |
| REEBY, Robert Henry John | 1924 | THEMISTOCLES |
One of the first settlers in Tingledale Group 116 in 1924. Arrived in Australia aged nine & turned ten five days after arriving in Albany. The... |
ALBANY |
| REVELEY, Tom, Lil & Family | 1927 | VEDIC |
The Salvation Army had chartered the vessel, and Tom, a Bandmaster in Blyth Corps was asked to form a Brass Band to entertain the passengers and... |
ALBANY |
| RICE, George & Florence | 1924 | DEMOSTHENES |
George served in both World Wars 1914-1918 & 1939-1945. After arrival in WA, another six children were born. The family took over a dairy farm... |
ALBANY |
| RICH, John & May | 1924 | THEMISTOCLES |
John, May & their three children settled on their allotted block at Tingledale which they farmed. Ronald, another son, was born in 1930. The... |
ALBANY |
| RICHARDSON, Elsie Maud | 1924 | DIOGENES |
Arrived in Albany with daughter Dorothy, mother and stepfather, half sister Violet and two half brothers, James and Francis. Her father died in... |
ALBANY |
| RICKMAN, Gordon | 1922 | EURIPIDES |
Came to Australia to join his brothers Francis and Edgar who had arrived in 1912 and 1913 respectively. Took up farming property at Kondinin. His... |
ALBANY |
| RILEY, Ambler | 1911 | RIMUTAKA |
Ambler Riley was a widower. I believe he was sent to work on Mr Ball's farm at Tambellup, and was later himself granted a farm. He gathered... |
ALBANY |
| RILEY, Olive | 1911 | RIMUTAKA |
Olive Riley became the Harbour Master - (Cpt. & Mrs Heaney's) maid & returned to Fremantle with them when he resumed duties there, after... |
ALBANY |
| ROBINS, George & Margaret | 1911 | OPAWA |
George & Margaret Robins, with five sons arrived in Albany on the Opawa in 1911, having been shipwrecked off St Helena on the Papanui. On... |
ALBANY |
| ROBINSON, Francis Eric | 1913 | AFRIC |
My father Francis, his parents and two sisters settled at the Upper Kalgan, at 'Newhay'. With the help of his father, Francis then developed his... |
ALBANY |
| ROBINSON, Frederick & Ellen | 1927 | EURIPIDES |
Frederick worked as a farm labourer & with Main Roads. Another two children, Doris & George were born. The family lived in Albany &... |
ALBANY |
| ROLFE, James G (Jim) | 1923 | DIOGENES |
Jim worked on a farm in Gabbin, then moved to Perth where he became a linesman for the State Electricity Commission. His fiance, Kathleen Heaton... |
ALBANY |
| ROSS, Harold | 1928 | BELTANA |
Harold Ross was one of six brothers, four of whom migrated to Australia. He married Enid Nicholls and had two sons and two grandchildren who now... |
ALBANY |
| ROURKE, Joseph | 1927 | MAMILIUS |
Prospected in the Goldfields before working and settling in Fremantle. He married Grace Flindell on the 6th May 1939 and they had three children,... |
ALBANY |
| ROWLEY, Florence | 1926 | SOPHOCLES | ALBANY | |
| RUTLAND, Albert & Elsie May | 1905 | AFRIC |
Albert and Elsie May (brother and sister) came to Western Australia with their parents, Frederick James and Elizabeth Rutland. |
ALBANY |
| RUTLAND, Frederick & Eliz | 1905 | AFRIC |
Parents plus two of their children came out on this ship. Four other children came at later dates. |
ALBANY |
| RICCI, Caterina-Marianna | 1961 | NEPTUNIA | 99 | |
| ROE Family | 1864 | HASTINGS |
Susannah (Moore) arrived with 9 children. Husband James Roe arrived on the YORK in 1862. Schoolmaster at York 1864 & Greenough 1869 with his... |
99 |
| RANDALL Family | 1954 | MORETON BAY | 98 | |
| RICHARDS, Heather Beckwith | 1966 | ELLINIS |
I was a “10 pound pom” married an Australian citizen, Clifford Murray Richards, in the UK in June 1966 and emigrated to Australia. |
98 |
| RIMMER, Martin | 1972 | FAIRSKY |
Glad I came |
98 |
| ROCCA, Ernesto | 1928 | MARIA CRISTINA |
Served in the Italian Army as mechanic. Shack's Autos offered him a position as chauffeur and mechanic at 5 Pounds a week, but he declined the... |
98 |
| ROCCA, Luigia | 1933 | OCEANIA |
Left back in Italy in 1928 like many wives at that time. Husband left to seek better life to return to Italy, but having settled, realized better... |
98 |
| ROLLO, Peter & Thelma | 1948 | ASTURIAS |
Returned from British Army in India and joined the West Australian Police Force for 35 years. |
98 |
| ROTHERA, Marjorie & Joyce | 1940 | BATORY |
Left Liverpool 1940. Took 9 weeks to get to Fremantle 60 first class passengers plus 500 soldiers and 500 children. BATORY was escorted by 20... |
98 |
| RAKICH, Ivan | 1912 | UNKNOWN |
Worked in the mines and later bought land in the Swan Valley and planted grape vines, one of the first vineyards planted. One of his four sons... |
97 |
| ROLLINGS Family | 1969 | ACHILLE LAURO |
We wanted to give ourselves and family a better life. We have succeeded in doing that. Have never regretted our decision and been very happy.... |
97 |
| RUDAN, Andrija | 1927 | ORIANA | 97 | |
| RUDAN, Marija | 1935 | ORIENT LINE | 97 | |
| RALPH Family | 1967 | FAIRSKY |
Upon arrival in Fremantle, we spent a few days at Point Walter before going to Kalgoorlie, where we lived for 20 years, before retiring to Perth (... |
96 |
| ROBINSON, Albert & Elsie | 1923 | ORMUZ |
Came to Australia as he felt there were better opportunities. Spent four years as farm hand then took a job at Wesfarmers as a tractor mechanic... |
96 |
| ROLLER, Stanislav | 1949 | ANNA SALEN |
Our dad had a great outlook on life always optimistic with a good sense of humour and loved his country. He liked nothing better than bundling us... |
96 |
| RUSSELL, George & Esther | 1950 | ASTURIAS |
George, a journeyman, travelled to Victoria in 1950 returning to settle in WA in 1953. Esther was the niece of Jim Larkin well known trade... |
96 |
| ROUKENS, Carl B P | 1951 | GROOTE BEER |
It was a bit lonely in the beginning. |
95 |
| ROWE, Thomas & Sarah | 1868 | HOUGOUMONT |
Prior coming to WA Thomas Rowe was a Detective Sergeant at Scotland Yard. He sailed to WA, the ship carrying convicts, amongst whom were the... |
95 |
| RUSLING, George & Olive | 1926 | BELTANA |
George & Olive arrived in Fremantle with two daughters, Ethel (6 1/2 yrs) & Betty (5 yrs). George worked on the railways, WAGR, as it was... |
95 |
| REDFORD, Daisy, Lily & Herb | 1910 | ZIETEN |
Daisy, Lily, Herbert Redford migrated with widowed mother Elizabeth Buck and brother Harry Buck. Daisy's twin, Violet, remained in England.... |
94 |
| RUSSELL Family | 1965 | CANBERRA |
Lone father and two children, Linda and Keith. Due to contracting shingles on the boat could not continue in trade. Finally got employment as a... |
93 |
| ROHDE, Helene | 1949 | AMARAPOORA |
Upon arrival in Australia grandmother Rohde first went to Melobourne to stay with friends, the Borovanskys (founders of Borovansky Ballet Company... |
93 |
| ROSS, Josef | 1949 | MOZAFFARI |
Travelled through Germany and Italy. Married Anna Swidunowicz and settled in Maylands. |
93 |
| ROWLAND, Richard & Elizabeth | 1830 | TRANBY | 93 | |
| RUSSO, Maria Tindara | 1961 | AUSTRALIA |
Left the port of Messina on the AUSTRALIA to join her husband Tindaro Russo who had arrived in WA four years earlier, to establish a home for his... |
93 |
| RUSSO, Tindaro | 1957 | TOSCANA |
Tindaro Russo was sponsored to see what WA had to offer by Salvatore Russo. Tindaro worked hard to establish a fully functional home so he could... |
93 |
| RIDGWAY Family | 1950 | CHESHIRE |
Ivor Victor Ridgway (preferred name "Vic"). My father first worked with the SEC, then as a prison officer at Fremantle jail. He then moved to... |
92 |
| RAFFAELE, A, V & V | 1967 | GUGLIELMO MARCONI | 92 | |
| RAWLINSON Family | 1955 | ARCADIA |
Mum and Dad have never looked back. Made a wonderful decision to come to Australia. We have all married and have our own children and we all... |
92 |