Lawrence Brown
Ship name / Flight number: Maloja
Arrival date: 1952
Lawrence (Laurie) Brown was born in Scotland and travelled by boat to Perth Western Australia when he was 17 years old, in 1952. A couple of weeks after he arrived, he found work in the North-West of the state.
Lawrence recounts his family circumstances that led him to migrate to Australia. He shares some of his tales and adventures from his time living in Broome and Derby in the 1950's and 1960's, imparting a living history lesson for listeners about what life was like there decades ago.
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For more of Lawrence’s adventures, watch the Channel 7 Ray of Sunshine segment now on Instagram.
