First Transport to Australia
08 July 2023
Margarita Vrubliauskienė (1911 - 1990): Canberra goes on strike over Balt housemaid, by Daina Počius and Ann Tündern-Smith
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Updated 18 July 2024 and 9 February 2025 ‘When attractive Balt housemaid Margarita Vrubliauskiene waved a mop at the manageress of the hoste...
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07 July 2023
Karolis Prašmutas (1914–1985): Ingenious and Compassionate, by Ann Tündern-Smith with Birute Prasmutaite
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Karolis Prašmutas had moments of fame among English-language readers only two years after arriving in Australia. He had built a photographi...
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...
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