First Transport to Australia

02 October 2021

USAT General Stuart Heintzelman's Master, Captain CM Pedersen (1884-1948), by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 16 January 2023 and 5 May 2025. The man responsible for getting the Heintzelman from Bremerhaven to Fremantle was the ship's ma...
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Heintzelman's "First Sailing": The First Report, with Ann Tündern-Smith

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The Souvenir Edition, 1st Sailing to Australia , published on board the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman on 26 November 1947, contains an art...
30 September 2021

General Stuart Heintzelman: The Ship, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 21 May 2024. The General Stuart Heintzelman , now known to Australians of Baltic or Eastern European descent as " The First Tra...
29 September 2021

USAT General Stuart Heintzelman: The Route to Australia, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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As the Heintzelman neared the Australian coast, a Souvenir Edition of the 1st Sailing to Australia was published on board.  It appeared on...
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16 July 2021

Biruta Pabrants (1922-1965): Was she happy? by Ann Tündern-Smith

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The biographies posted here so far, with one exception, have been of men of achievement.  Elsewhere, I have written the stories of two women...
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07 July 2021

Helgi Nirk (1919-2005): Tomato breeder, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 23 May 2023. BURNLEY BOUNTY, BURNLEY SURECROP, BURNLEY GEM  ABC television’s Gardening Australia featured a packet of Burnley Bounty...
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