First Transport to Australia
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22 August 2025
Beginning Life in Australia, by Viltis Salytė-Kružienė, translated by Daina Pocius
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These are excerpts from a speech by Viltis Salytė-Kružienė on 6 July 1997 at Melbourne Lithuanian House for Lithuanian National...
03 July 2025
More grateful Displaced Persons, December 1947, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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The Western Australian Immigration file of papers for the arrival of the First Transport party includes a letter of thanks additional to th...
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30 June 2025
Lost luggage, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Not all about the Heintzelman voyage was happiness. Lost luggage spoiled the trip for several. Nikolajs Bergtals: see below for his '...
29 June 2025
The stopover in Perth, 28 November - 2 December 1947 by Ann Tündern-Smith
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We've looked already at the carefully organised disembarkation of 839 passengers from the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman in Fremantl...
24 December 2024
"General Stuart Heintzelman" Passengers Reach Australia: the Official Report with Comments by Ann Tündern-Smith
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In my very first blog entry more than 4 years ago now, I advised that Australia's first refugees from World War II in Europe had reache...
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