Hi my name is craig i am after information on my grand father archibald wilson in witch he was the captain of the koondaloo (the old punts).
My grand father was presented with the brass bell off the koondaloo........

I am submitting my late parents who ventured out here as immigrants with me & my 2 brothers on the SS "New Australia" in 1956. I did my apprenticeship at the State Dockyard & went to sea as an engineer in 1966. My brothers still reside here at Teralba & Stockton.

I HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED MY GRANDPARENTS, LEON AND KATHARINA LEWKOWITZ WHO CAME TO NEWCASTLE ON THE SS ROMA IN DECEMBER 1950. MY MUM AND DAD, IWAN AND ROSALIA PYLYPEC AND MYSELF CAME IN AUGUST 1949 TO NEWCASTLE ON THE SS FAIRSEA. WE LIVED AT GRETA CAMP UNTIL MY PARENTS FOUND A PLACE IN WALLSEND, WERE THEY STILL LIVE. MUM TOLD ME OF THE TERRIBLE TRIP OVER ON THE FAIRSEA. AS SHE WAS SO YOUNG WITH A LITTLE BABY TO FEED. THE CRAMPED QUARTERS AND NO MILK FOR ME. ONLY TEA. NO WONDER I LOVE TEA SO MUCH.TIMES WERE TOUGH BUT WE ARE SO GREATFUL TO BE IN AUSTRALIA.MY GRANDPARENTS DIED WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9 YRS OLD. BUT MUM AND DAD ARE STILL GOING STRONG. THEY HAVE TWO GRANDSONS, DEAN AND STEPHAN, AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SIENNA AND VINCENT.

I have submitted my family name, I was 4 when I arrived in Newcastle on 18 December 1950 on the SS Roma with my parents Zygmunt and Alina Paczynski. My father was a POW in Germany, married my mother after the war and emigrated to Australia. In 1954 my brother Richard was born, and by that time we were living in Cardiff and the newly formed Polish Association of Newcastle was 2 years old. My father Zygmunt was the founder and the first president. He also set up Polish schools in Cardiff, Newcastle, Maitland and Greta and assisted in the founding of Polish Associations there. He was responsible for the many and varied Polish cultural events in Newcastle especially in the fifties, sixities, seventies and eighties. He was a life member of the Polish Association of Newcastle. Zygmunt is survived by his wife, Alina, his daughter Halina, her husband Geoff, and his son Richard and his wife Kerrie. Halina's two children, Sean & Caitlin, with their children Makayla and Declan. Richard's two sons Leon and Drew.

I AM SUBMITTING MY MOTHER AND FATHER IWAN AND ROSALIE PYLYPEC WHO CAME TO NEWCASTLE ON THE FAIRSEA AUGUST 1949 WITH MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER FROM THE UKRAINE. I WAS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD AND CAN REMEMBER MUM TELLING ME HOW KIND THE PEOPLE WERE TO ME AS A LITTLE GIRL NOT KNOWING ANY ENGLISH AT ALL. THEY WERE SO PLEASED TO BE IN AUSTRALIA AND HAVE A HOME AT LAST

I am submitting Augustin and Cyril Ivančič to be included on the Welcome Wall. The brothers immigrated to Australia in 1953 on the Nellie. They were later joined by his brother Vince and wife Eda. My Father Augustin is the one left to enjoy this celebration of a Welcome Wall in his home town of Newcastle. Thankyou for the opportunity in making this event possible. It will be great surprise for him.