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21 July 2025

Gunars Berzzarins OAM (1925-2015): Chess champion, accountant, journalist, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Gunars, chess champion, arrives in Australia Gunars Berzzarins was singled out by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper in its 8 December 19...
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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02 January 2023

Bonegilla 1947-1948: Another Two Weeks, from New Year's Day (January 1-13) by Endrius "Andrew" Jankus

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This is the fifth part of the recollections of Endrius Jankus, a Lithuanian refugee who arrived in Australia on the First Transport, the  Ge...
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31 December 2022

Bonegilla 1947-1948: Boxing Day to New Year's Eve (December 26-31) by Endrius "Andrew" Jankus

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This is the fourth part of the recollections of Endrius Jankus, a Lithuanian refugee who arrived in Australia on the First Transport, the  G...
20 December 2022

Bonegilla 1947-1948: The First Five Days (December 7-11) by Endrius "Andrew" Jankus

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Endrius Jankus, known as Andrew in Australia, was born on 7 July 1929 in Draverna, a village near the Lithuanian coastal town of Klaip ėda i...
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