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Latvians in Australia
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Latvians in Australia
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15 April 2025
"General Stuart Heintzelman" men to Maydena, Tasmania, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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The first mill in the world to produce newsprint from eucalyptus hardwood was opened in the Tasmanian town of Boyer by Australian Newsprint ...
29 October 2024
Helmuts Oskars Upe (1926-2018): Sheet Metal Worker by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Helmuts Upe was easier to track down than many other First Transport arrivals because he was married to a cousin of a Dutch-born friend of m...
18 July 2024
Veronika Tutins (1911–2006), who disappeared? by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Updated 4 August 2024 Veronika Tutins was a great friend of two other Latvian women from the First Transport, sisters Irina and Galins Vasin...
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22 April 2024
Miervaldis Indriksons (1918-1948): Fatal Workplace Accident by Ann Tündern-Smith
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We have learned already that Miervaldis Indriksons was killed by a workplace accident at Naracoorte, South Australia, while working as dire...
16 April 2024
Girts Broders (1923-2006): Industrialist’s Son to Company Manager by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Girts Broders was chosen in the Bonegilla camp to lead a band of men sent to the South Australian Railways at Wolseley because of his excell...
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