Two year contracts part III
Western Australia Bunbury, Western Australia Main Road Board Ten Lithuanians and two friendly Estonians. Living near the Bunbury forest in tents. Repairing roads, the work is not hard. Fortnight wage is around 14 pounds. Everything they do themselves, cooking and cleaning. Vytautas is the cook who also has a radio. The evenings are spend listening to the radio, news from Europe. They receive newspapers from Germany in Lithuanian which they read and pass around. They were t hinking of constructing a basketball court. Bunbury and Manjumup Pemberton Brick Yards 20 Balts Martynas Janulis J. Jonaitis Simas Povilaitis Myalup, Forestry Department, via Harvey WA Victoria Blakeville, Victoria It was known as the Balt Camp, a work camp for displaced persons from the Baltic States working for the Forest Commission. The Balt Camp was in Bullarto, north of Blackwood. All that remains today are a stone chimney and concrete foundatio...