BOL, Willem & Klara

Origin Eindhoven, Holland
Accompanying Family Margaretha Simone Bol aged 8 years.
First settled in Holden Camp, Northam, WA
Original Occupation Toolmaker
Occupation in Australia Apprentice Training Supervisor

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Departure Port Amsterdam
Arrival Year 1953

Fremantle

26 panel

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Bound for Melbourne & a job with the Snowy Mountains Scheme, the 'West' appealed so much, immigration allowed us to settle in WA. The family became one of the first to settle in Medina, a sattelite town set up for the new BP Refinery in Kwinana.

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