First Transport to Australia

29 June 2023

"You Are Welcome in Australia" with Daina Pocius

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Daina has found an undated, unsourced news clipping, about the Lithuanian First Transporters' first couple of days in Australia after th...
26 June 2023

Vladas Mikelaitis (1925 –2006): 'A Good Bloke'

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Updated 14 April 2025. The tribute below was contributed to the Lithuanian-Australian newspaper, Mūsū Pastogė (Our Haven) , by Rože  Vai č i...
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26 May 2023

Helmi Liiver Samuels (1921-1971): Not wanted here? by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 11 May 2024. Helmi Liiver was born in the small village of Kotsama, Viljandi county, in the centre of Estonia on 13 March 1921. She...
06 April 2023

Povilas Niaura (1919-2006): A Settled Settler, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 2 January 2024.  Povilas Niaura recovered enough from the terrors of the war in Lithuania and Germany to settle happily in Tasmania....
01 April 2023

Viktoras Kuciauskas (1929-2008): Not All Stayed, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 5 December 2023 and 6-9 May 2025. A small number of the First Transporters moved to third countries after their initial settlement i...
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