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Sheila
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:01 am    Post subject: Point Walter Hostel Reply with quote
Hi, my name is Sheila. My husband and I, along with our 6yr old daughter, came by ship to W.A. in June of 1968 aboard the Fairsea from Southampton, arriving in Fremantle on 30th June of that year. We were taken to Point Walter Hostel where we spent 6 months. I would love to get in touch with anyone else who was on the hostel around that time - from June 1968 to January 1969.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 10:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Introduction Reply with quote
Sheila wrote:
Hi, my name is Sheila. My husband and I, along with our 6yr old daughter, came by ship to W.A. in June of 1968 aboard the Fairsea from Southampton, arriving in Fremantle on 30th June of that year. We were taken to Point Walter Hostel where we spent 6 months. I would love to get in touch with anyone else who was on the hostel around that time - from June 1968 to January 1969.
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Welcome Sheila and best of luck...

I had a quick look...National Archives website and found "Point Walter hostel [improvements] - migrant reception depot - general - Part 2"

https://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/camps/locations/point-walter/about-point-walter

http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/c7622ec9-c286-4a43-8263-80761a5640a0
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Point Walter Hostel Reply with quote
Sheila wrote:
Hi, my name is Sheila. My husband and I, along with our 6yr old daughter, came by ship to W.A. in June of 1968 aboard the Fairsea from Southampton, arriving in Fremantle on 30th June of that year. We were taken to Point Walter Hostel where we spent 6 months. I would love to get in touch with anyone else who was on the hostel around that time - from June 1968 to January 1969.
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Hi Shiela

I do hope you still monitor this forum.

My family arrived st Point Walter hostel on May 18th 1968. We lived in hut 9a.
Mum was Joan, Dad was Jim, surname Joyce. I was the oldest of the four children. We stayed st Point Walter until February 1969 when we moved to Kelmscott after originally buying a block at Golden Bay. Mum & Dad lived in Kelmscott until they passed away, Mum in 2015 Dad August 2018.
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