JAMES, Sam & Phil

Born 20 October 1947
Born 9 March 1949

Origin Newport, Wales
Accompanying Family Alison Ann James, Jane Alison James, Kandy Ann James
First settled in City Beach, WA
Original Occupation Students

FAIRSEA

Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1963

Fremantle

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Read their story

The two boys (14 and 15) thought they were in heaven. They quickly learned to surf and soon became bronzed Aussies with wooden surfboards and sun-bleached hair. They traded icy, spartan, Scottish Boarding Schools for the laid-back Australian beach and comparative freedom. They never looked back!

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