First Transport to Australia
27 June 2025
Roberts Miezitis, who was thankful, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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Born in 1909, Latvian Roberts Miezitis was one of the older passengers on the First Transport, the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman. His spo...
25 June 2025
14 June 1941 in the Baltic States: Why We are Here in Australia, by ChatGPT with Ann Tündern-Smith
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The First Soviet Mass Deportations and Their Legacy On 14 June 1941 , horror descended upon the Baltic States. In the dead of night, the So...
24 June 2025
Stanislavs Berzins: the First Accident, by Ann Tündern-Smith
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We've reported already on two work - related deaths and a fatal motor cycle accident . Sadly, there were some more, which we'll ge...
Disembarking from the Heintzelman in Fremantle Harbour: the Orders, by RW Gratwick with Ann Tündern-Smith
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Military precision is not a surprise only two years after the end of World War II. That's what was required by the Acting Commonwealth ...
21 June 2025
Nearly 1,000,000 humanitarian settlers in Australia, by ChatGPT with Ann Tündern-Smith
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An email message from the Refugee Council of Australia brought Ann's attention to the impending arrival of the 1,000,000th humanitarian ...
18 June 2025
Picking pears for Australia, by Daina Pocius and Ann Tündern-Smith
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Updated 15 August 2025. One quarter of male Baltic refugees from the First Transport were employed as fruit pickers in Victoria’s Goulburn V...
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