10 March 2025

Algirdas Undzenas (1913 -1979): Lithuanian factory director by Rasa Ščevinskienė and Ann Tündern-Smith

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Algirdas Undzenas had been a factory director in his Lithuanian homeland. He graduated from the Birzai gymnasium (senior high school), the...
03 March 2025

Vincentas Jakimavičius (1927-1949): Motorcycle passenger death, by Daina Pocius

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Vincentas Jakimavičius was the pillion passenger of a motorcycle which hit a cow opposite the old store at Tarpeena in South Australia, at 1...
02 March 2025

Vytautas Skidzevičius (1924–1983): Little known brother, by Ann Tündern-Smith and Rasa Ščevinskienė

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Unlike his younger brother, Nikodemas , we know only the barest outline of the life of Vytautas Skidzevičius. He was born on 9 August 19...
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...