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RERECICH, Antonio & Antonia

1859 – 15 May 1927
16 January 1880 – 24 July 1952

Origin Veli Losinj Island, Croatia
First settled in Bassendean, WA

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Departure Port Unknown
Arrival Year 1906

Fremantle

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Antonio and Antonia Belanich married in Veli Losinj on January 31st and arrived in Fremantle March 1906. They settled at Ivanhoe Street in Bassendean, naming their property Sveta Marija (St Mary) where they planted vegetables, grapevines and made wine for sale. They had three children, Mary, Elizabeth (Bessie) and Peter.

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  • In July 2017 I am opening my last bottle of Muscat bottled at Sveta Maria in about 1980. It is the most luscious muscat liqueur you could taste.

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    Sun 16 Jul 2017

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