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ROBSON Family

21 January 1921 – 31 December 1989
Born 18 April 1919

Origin Sunderland, England
Accompanying Family James, Joyce, Peter & Tricia
First settled in Wexcombe, WA
Original Occupation Shipbuilder
Occupation in Australia CarpenterJoiner

CHITRAL

Arrival Year 1952

Fremantle

417 panel

Read their story

James & Joyce arrived with their young children Peter & Tricia from Sunderland, North England on a hot 40 degree day. Driven to Wexcombe on the back of an open truck to live in a Nissan hut with no running water, mother thought they were on the edge of a desert.

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