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Title	Arrival Year	Ship Name	Story	Panel #
DE MUNCK, Cornelius	1950	SIBAJAK	Cornelius became a prominent classical baritone & academic, before retiring as senior lecturer in music from the WA Academy of Performing Arts...	107
DRAVNIEKS Family	1968	FLOTTO LAURO	Migrated to UK after World War II where he met Annemarie Strawchewski, at a refugee camp. They lived in England until 1968. He was an amateur...	107
DE CONTI, Marina	1955	SURRIENTO	Marina married Gino De Conti prior to his departure to Australa in 1954. She joined him in 1955 in Lismore, where they lived on the land, growing...	106
DE GROOT, Roelof	1950	MAETSUYCKER	He got a job in the airline industry which he loved and was one of the pioneering flight engineers for McRobertson Miller Airlines.	106
DE JONGE, HM & WF	1950	MAETSUYCKER		106
DE MELLO, Philip Paul	1975	CENTAUR	Philip Paul de Mello was educated at St Michaels Primary, St Josephs Instituition & Singapore Vocational Institute. Now married with 4...	106
DIDLOCK, Trevor & Kathryn	1975	AUSTRALIS	Emigrated from England as recently married couple. Stayed at Graylands Hostel, after the Swan Migrant Society had gone broke.	106
DOMBROS Family	1951	MARILEN	The badly listing ship made the West Australian. Name now Dombrose. Moved to Coolgardie for 13 years, Kalgoorlie for 6 & then Perth. Mr...	106
DE CONTI, Gino	1954	SURRIENTO	Gino married Marina prior to his departure in 1954, and was joined by her in 1955 in Lismore. They had 4 daughters, Diana, Yvonne, Cathy &...	105
DE JONGE, Gerard	1950	MAETSUYCKER		105
DE MEYERE, Albert	1954	SIBAJAK	Plumber by trade. Built one of the first houses in Melville Heights with home made cement bricks.	105
DIMOVSKI, Goce	1968	GUGLIELMO MARCONI	Goce grew up in an orphanage in Serbia from 1948-1958, when he joined his mother Bozana, in Skopje. Had a brother Spaje & sisters HaHi &...	105
DAVIES, Mary Harriett	1885	LADY DOUGLAS	Mary Harriett Hettich. Mary (later assumed Harriett). Arrived as unaccompanied woman, for domestic work in Perth. Married George Hettich (Lady...	104
DI CRISTOFARO, Maria F	1951	SEBASTIANO CABOTO		104
DI CRISTOFARO, Maria L	1951	SEBASTIANO CABOTO		104
DI CRISTOFARO, Paolo	1949	UGOLINO VIVALDI	Arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia 22/02/1944 on the vessel Ruys as a prisoner of war. Left Australia 17/10/1946 on SS Katoomba.	104
DIGIUSEPPE, Nina & Sons	1952	ROMA	Nina Digiuseppe and her sons Nino - 17, Franco - 9, and Fernando - 3, disembarked in 1952 to join Giuseppe, who had arrived a year earlier to earn...	104
DIMIROVSKA, Lena	1963	PATRIS		104
DRYKA, Jozef & Irena	1949	GOYA	Jozef and Irene were married in Frankfurt, Germany in 1945. Having met in Germany during the war, Jozef & Irena were each removed from their...	103
DA SILVA, Antonieta	1969	GALILEO GALILEI	Antonieta was born in the village of Madalena Do Mar in Madeira. She arrived in Fremantle with her seven children, aged from 2 to 21 years old,...	102
DA SILVA, John	1969	GALILEO GALILEI	John arrived in Fremantle on his 13th birthday. He later worked on a crayfishing boat as a deck hand and then built and owned the Bell-Vista group...	102
DA SILVA, Jorge	1968	GALILEO GALILEI	Born in Funchal, Jorge and his eldest daughter Evone arrived one year ahead of his wife, Antonieta and their seven children. Jorge was a carpenter...	102
DE ROSSI, Amelio Giovanni	1950	NAPOLI	Emigrated looking for opportunity and a better life and soon found it. On arrival, worked as a labourer at the Dale Timber Mill and as a builder....	102
DE ROSSI, Antonio & Maria	1951	SURRIENTO	Antonio grew up with the family in Beverley. Educated at Aquinas College and University of WA. Married Margaret A Williams, and with family of 3...	102
DI PELINO, Giovanni	1951	SURRIENTO	Husband arrived two years earlier to work on the farms in Cunderdin, WA in order to establish a home and life for his wife and family in...	102
DI PELINO, M & N	1953	SURRIENTO	Wife & daughter of Giodanni Di Pelino arrived 2 years later to join husband and father.	102
DONATELLI, Ben & Concetta	1969	ACHILLE LAURO	Ben: son of Antonio & Lucia. Brother of Maria Rosa, Giovanni, Amore & Domenicuccia. Concetta: daughter of Teodoro & Gina. Sister of...	102
DEN HARTOG, MH & K	1952	JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT		101
DRAPER, Hubert & Freda	1952	HIMALAYA	Arrived as a family of seven. We now number 54 & still growing.	101
DRAPER, Rita Now Boland	1952	HIMALAYA		101
DRAPER, Ronald Thomas	1952	HIMALAYA		101
DRAPER, Rose	1952	HIMALAYA		101
DRAPER, Ruby Now Gilbert	1952	HIMALAYA	Arrived as a family of seven we now number 54 & growing.	101
DRAPER, Ruth	1952	HIMALAYA		101
D'ALESSANDRO, C & Family	1959	OCEANIA		100
DE PRAZER, Frank & Veronica	1948	EMPIRE BRENT		100
DODD, Roland & Maud	1966	RYNDAM	Ryndam (owned by Holland-America Line) was a cruise ship on a round the world cruise. Passengers were not impressed with us "Ten Pound Poms". Only...	10
DIDIO, Francesco	1962	NEPTUNIA		1
DE JAGER, Klaas & Henny	1954	SIBAJAK	Klaas & Henny migrated to WA just after they were married. They had two children, Marianne 1955 & Ginda 1959. Klaas worked as a farm hand...	1
DEAN, William H & James A	1910	OMRAH	Bill & Jim Dean came from London & worked on the land at Emu Hill before settling in Beverley & starting a motor garage. Jim joined...	1
DENSLEY, Leslie F	1929	BARADINE	From the age fifteen directed by Y.A.L. to work on farms, other available jobs & wheat curing until joining th R.A.A.F in 1941. From 1945,...	1
DICKEN, Florence	1929	OTRANTO		1