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StoryRefugees displaced by World War IIIn the aftermath of World War II, around one million Europeans were displaced from their country of origin. This...
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StoryThe Peters family story - BonegillaI cannot remember arriving at Bonegilla, but I clearly remember waking up in the hospital with daylight pouring...
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StoryThe Peters family story - SS MozaffariAustralia accepted us as emigrants in 1948 and we left Deggendorf in mid-winter. I remember on our last Christmas...
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StoryThe Peters family story - leaving postwar GermanyMy parents, Johannes (John) and Elisabeth (Lisa) had applied to emigrate to Venezuela and to Australia. John had a...
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StoryThe Peters family story - Bonegilla to BeechworthOn our arrival in Australia, my mother Lisa's only language was German. After staying a few weeks in Bonegilla we...
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StoryThe Peters family story - work and playAfter a few weeks in Bonegilla we moved to Beechworth in Victoria. In Beechworth, my step-father John immediately...
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StoryBy Susanne Blaschka- ChallengesNo longer young at 44, Father finally made good his lifelong dream of migration. Having lived through two World Wars...
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StoryBy Susanne Blaschka- Family
It was five years after the worst global conflict ever had come to its end, when Father had managed to be signed up...
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StoryBy Susanne Blaschka- The Journey/ First ImpressionsAs a teenager, seventeen at my last birthday, I had my own cabin aboard. Landfall at Fremantle was special. As I...
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StorySusanne Blaschka- Work and Play/ Reflections
Father had to keep an appointment with a government official who would oversee his contract. He wanted me to come...