07 February 2025

Nikodemas Skidzevičius (1925-1995): Actor and Artist, by Daina Pocius and Rasa Ščevinskienė with Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 21 February and 1 March 2025. It was theatre that drove Nikodemas, a love of the stage and acting that he never lost. Nikodemas...
28 January 2025

Vladas Mozuraitis (1922-2007): From Farmer to Jack of Many Trades by Daina Pocius

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Updated 3 February 2025 Born in Keturvalakiai, a small town in Marijampolė County, in southwestern Lithuania, on 8 April 1922, Vladas Moz...
25 January 2025

Juozas Šuopys (1913–1997): Farm Boy to Family Support by Daina Pocius

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Updated 7 April 2025 Juozas Šuopys was born on a large farm in the village of Skaisgiriai, Sintautai district, Šakiai county in Lithuania on...
24 January 2025

Alfonsas Ragauskas (1914–1988): First Transporter Who Overcame Obstacles by Daina Pocius and Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 9 February and 6 April 2025 Alfonsas, known as Alf, was born on 19 January 1914 in Šiauliai, in the Lithuanian district of Joniskis,...
17 January 2025

Kazimieras Balkauskas (1921–1986): Aussie farmer and first responder, by Daina Pocius

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First Transport refugee, Kazimieras or Kazys Balkauskas grew up on a Lithuanian farm and was able to continue the farming life in Australia...

Vaclavs Kozlovakis' Time in Bonegilla to 31 December 1947, translated by Monika Kozlovskis with Janis Sakurovs

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BONEGILLA, 11.12.47, Thurs. In the morning my lungs were x-rayed, then I went into another room where my English skills were evaluated.  I ...
16 January 2025

Vaclavs Kozlovskis travels from Perth to Bonegilla, translated by Monika Kozlovskis with Janis Sakurovs

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Updated 17 and 19 January 2025 SWANBOURNE, 29.11.47, Saturday.   I slept very well in my white sheets last night, no doubt helped by the lon...