Вы когда нибудь задавали себе вопрос “Участвовали ли русские при строительстве Harbour Bridge” в Сиднее? На днях мне повезло с ответом. На страницах Фейсбука говорилось о том, что сам Александр Керенский, министр временного правительства в России в 1917 году, прибыл и жил в Австралии в Брисбене в 1945-46 году. Об...
Russians in Australia On Wednesday 25 May (old style) 1870 whispers abounded in Hobart that a Russian invasion was imminent. The cause of the concern was the appearance of the corvette Boyarin at the mouth of the Derwent River. There was no need for panic of course, since Boyarin already...
Russians in Australia – Holtze family is a well known family who came to Northern Territory in early 1870s. They are considered the Pioneers of NT. At least five places in Northern Territory are called after their names– suburb Ludmilla, suburb Holtze, Ludmilla Creek, Holtze Crescent and Wallaby Holtze Road....
Upon arrival in Australia, Russian migrants from Trehrechie were able to successfully settle into such existing parishes as Geelong, Cabramatta and Rocklea. However those coming from Singkiang Province, China’s most western region, whilst in the main settling in Dandenong, did not become an integral part of the Melbourne parish. The Right...
Замечательная статья о Татьяне Верстак которая в 1962 году как “Мисс Австралия” отправилась в Калифорнию на конкурс “Мисс Вселенная” и, к всеобщему удивлению, вернулась в Австралию с титулом. https://vremya.com.au/2017/02/28/miss_aus270217/
As far as it is known, there were no Russians in Newcastle or the wider Hunter region until 1949, when about 100 Russians arrived at the Greta Migrant Camp. The site of an Australian Army training camp during World War 2, the Migrant Camp was a home for over 100,000...
Russian ANZACs and ANZAC legends Alexander Egoroff left his native Bestuzhevo in Central Russia in 1909 and came to Australia in search of a better life. He joined the army and his granddaughter Barbara remembers that during the Somme winter of 1916–17: ‘He said that he had to sleep outside the trench...
