26 February 2025

Domas Valancius (1922-1980): A wanderer who died young by Rasa Ščevinskienė and Ann Tündern-Smith

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Domas Valancius was born in Pauosniai village, Plunge district, Lithuania, on 21 June 1922, to peasant parents Jonas and Ona Valancius. On...
12 February 2025

Arthur Calwell's Letter of Welcome to the New Australians

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This carbon copy of a letter from Arthur Calwell is undated, but the Perth address of the Department of Immigration must have been typed ove...
10 February 2025

Vaclavs Kozlovskis sets off to work, from 3 January 1948, translated by Monika Kozlovskis with Janis Sakurovs

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Updated 15 August 2025. BONEGILLA, 3.1.48, Sat. A man from the employment department spoke to us in the big hall about our work, and answer...
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,...