TAVCAR, Stanislav & Vida

13 November 1924 – 1 October 2002
Born 22 October 1929

Origin Stanislav (Kreplje Slovenia) & Vida (Kobarid Slovenia)
First settled in Northam WA
Original Occupation Policeman (Stanislav)
Occupation in Australia Plasterer & Tiler

SKAUGUM

Departure Port Bremerhaven
Arrival Year 1950

Fremantle

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Stanislav was a policeman and Vida a student teacher when the border to Yugoslavia was closed separating them from their families in Slovenia. Forced to leave Trieste they arrived in Australia as refugees planning to return home after a few years. Fifty years later Australia is still their home.

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