Tasmania... an island far away - migrant stories

Marilyn Quirk gathers the stories of migrants who made Tasmania home across the 20th century, chapter by chapter by community:

• Polish migrant George Otlowski, from his wartime service with the Carpathian Brigade at Tobruk through to life in Tasmania;
• German migrations to Australia, including the stories of Otto Guenther, Gunter Lion, Ralph Wehse, Katherine Bennewitz, Fred Loerch and Horst Kutzner;
• the Montgomery, a ship of refugees that arrived in 1855, and descendants who settled in the Lilydale district;
• the Tasmania Football Club, founded in 1900;
• West Coast migrants at Queenstown and Rosebery - Gerry Mircea;
• Greek families including the Cashinos, Diamantis and Casimaty families;
• Dutch migrants and entrepreneurs - Roelf de Vries, Kremer family;
• a memoir of Eastern European migration;
• Chinese migrants to Tasmania's North East tin mining district, including James Chung Gon and Irving Fong;
• Czech marathon runner Vlastik Skvaril; and
• Spanish immigrant Antonio Martini and his early Launceston property.

Includes maps of migrant settlement areas across the state.

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BOOK DETAILS
Softcover book. Published 2010. 288 pages.

CONDITION
New.

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