First Transport to Australia
24 May 2025
Povilas Laurinavičius, Another Who Left Australia, by Daina Pocius, Ann Tündern-Smith and Rasa Ščevinskiene
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Povilas Laurinavicius worked on his Lithuanian parent’s farm until August 1944. He then was conscripted into the Luftwaffe, the German air ...
05 May 2025
"General Stuart Heintzelman” men to Tasmania’s West Coast, January 1948, by Jonas Mockunas
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Updated 8 and 9 May 2025. The West Coast is an isolated, rugged and very sparsely populated part of Tasmania. Much of it is wilderness and h...
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23 April 2025
Arthur Calwell's "They're Coming" Press Release of 7 November 1947, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Updated 15 August 2025. On 7 November 1947, the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman had been sailing from Bremerhaven for more than eight days. ...
15 April 2025
"General Stuart Heintzelman" men to Maydena, Tasmania, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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The first mill in the world to produce newsprint from eucalyptus hardwood was opened in the Tasmanian town of Boyer by Australian Newsprint ...
10 April 2025
Jonas Jakaitis (1919-2010), Australian Citizen, by Ann Tündern-Smith and Rasa Ščevinskienė
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Jonas Jakaitis was one of the 62 men from the First Transport , General Stuart Heintzelman , sent to Bangham in South Australia to work for...
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