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As a lover of all things historic, it was no surprise to find myself adopting the role of our family historian. Mary Surtees With…

Yusef (Joe) Kayrooz (17 April 1926 – 30 January 2003) was the grandson of Lebanese migrants who migrated here in 1886 and was one…

Herbert Debeck (1899 – 1991) used to live in the back of a truck from which he hawked goods all over the Hunter Valley…

They came from the villages of Lebanon To the Inverell District – Julie Regan of the Inverell District Family History Group Inc. The first…

In her article ‘Country links−Syrian/Lebanese settlement in New South Wales up to 1920’, Nola Bramble referred to two families which have interested me for…

A rich resource on the history of Lebanese settlement in the Redfern area Because the Sydney suburbs of Redfern, Surry Hills and Waterloo (the…

Desert and vast distances did not stop this pioneer Australian Lebanese entrepreneur building a life for his family and serving his customers! The collection…

On a walk in Redfern, I visited St Maroun’s Cathedral. Father Youssef Matta showed me a wooden plaque, held in the Cathedral’s storeroom, listing…