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VAN VEEN Family

Born 5 March 1927
Born 20 June 1928

Origin Rotterdam, Holland
Accompanying Family Parents with Son and Daughter
First settled in Perth ,WA

WATERMAN

Departure Port Rotterdam
Arrival Year 1955

Fremantle

16 panel

Read their story

My parents knew a family in Australia already. They decided to bring my Brother & myself here for a new beginning. Dad was an artist in Holland but ended up a house painter working hard all the time to provide for his family.

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