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Early Lithuanians in Australia: Australian Lithuanian Community Archives
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. What do the Archives contain? The Archives contain records created by the Lithuanian community in Australia that are worthy of permanent preservation. The primary collection dates from 1947 and includes minutes, reports, correspondence and other material from various clubs, groups and organisation in Australia. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sydney Lithuanians, 1914.
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: August 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 31 August 2015. The story of Paul Ephriam Zundolovich is one of the most remarkable stories of early Lithuanians in Australia that I have encountered. For he was a Lithuanian Jew who not only became a Catholic priest - in itself this would have been highly unusual - but he also became one of the most respected pioneer priests serving outback and rural Australia. Vol 1, 1979:. In 1892 as a missio...
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: Sydney Lithuanians, 1914
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 3 August 2015. Sydney Lithuanians, 1914. This photo (courtesy of Metraštis No. 1,. P14) is captioned 'a group of early Lithuanians on a picnic':. The same photo was reproduced in Luda Popenhagen's Australian Lithuanians. And titled 'Lithuanian Australians picknicking in Sydney c. 1914, holding Lietuva. It would be great to identify the ladies and the other two men in this photo. Jonas had met no...
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: March 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Thursday, 26 March 2015. What were their occupations? Most of the information on the early migrants from Lithuania that we can find today seems to focus on the men; so far very little has surfaced about the women. Partly this would be a reflection of the fact that there were fewer women coming to Australia from that part of the world, but it would also be a reflection of the social norms of the time.
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: June 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 29 June 2015. Settlers in Western Australia. Migrants from Lithuania have been arriving in Western Australia for well over 100 years, yet I have found nothing published about the early (pre-World War 2) settlers. So here's my contribution. Kazimieras ČEPKAUSKAS (Charles Cepkouski/Capouski), born in Arlaviškės (near Kaunas) in 1891, arrived in Australia at Fremantle in 1910;. Of Perth regarding h...
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: April 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Thursday, 30 April 2015. Lithuanian Anzacs on the Western Front #2. This post continues with those servicemen who appear to have been of ethnic Lithuanian background. Clicking on their names will take you to their service record held by the NAA; much of the additional information is courtesy of Elena Govor's Russian Anzacs. Project, http:/ russiananzacs.net/. Adolph Ignatieff MISHKINIS/Adolfas MIŠKINIS.
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: July 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 27 July 2015. We first encountered Jonas BALAIKA in the 19 February 2015 post ( a single man who had settled in Sydney in 1912 having previously lived for 5 years in England and 2 years in Canada). The following story is based on his naturalisation file, held by the National Archives of Australia. Jonas Balaika (left of picture),. In Sydney, circa 1920. Source: Metrastis No 1. Links to this post.
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: February 2015
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Thursday, 26 February 2015. What's in a name? When I was growing up in Adelaide I was well aware that some Lithuanian DP families had shortened their surnames after arrival in Australia in order to make them easier to pronounce in a society and culture dominated by English speakers. For example:. Stasiškis became Statkus;. Vasiliauskas became Vaskas;. Early Lithuanians and name changes. However, the pat...
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: Kazys Brazauskas (Key Braz)
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 17 August 2015. Kazys Brazauskas (Key Braz). Kazys Brazauskas was possibly the first savanoris. Volunteer fighter in Lithuania's battles for independence 1918-20) to settle in Australia. The Australian Lithuanian chronicle Metraštis. Records the following about him:. Kazys and Jadvyga Brazauskas ( Metraštis. Kazys Brazauskas was born in Kalvių village in the district of Veliuona* and the county ...
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Early Lithuanians in Australia: Sydney Lithuanians, 1934
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Early Lithuanians in Australia. Migrant stories before 1947. Australian Lithuanian Community Archives. Monday, 10 August 2015. Sydney Lithuanians, 1934. This photo, courtesy of Metraštis No 1. P15), is of participants at the 1934 Lithuanian Independence Day celebrations in Sydney, organised by the Australian Lithuanian Society:. Presidents of the Society included:. Jonas Vedrinaitis (John Wedrien): 1929-31;. Antanas Bauže: 1933-36;. Jonas Vedrinaitis: 1937-38;. Kazys Brazauskas (Key Braz): 1939; and.