Summary
Black and white passport photo of Kateryna Caurs, circa 1950.
Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) was born in 1915 in Luzk, Poland. A mechanical engineer, from 1946-49, she worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and later for the International Refugee Organisation (IRO). In 1950 Kateryna and her mother migrated to Australia. She married Alexander Caurs who was born in Latvia in 1926, and who migrated to Australia in 1948.
Description of Content
Black and white head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
Physical Description
Black and white portrait image. Nothing on back. White border.
Significance
Statement of Historical Significance:
The Caurs collection represents the experiences of wartime dislocation and post-war immigration of a family from three cultural backgrounds, Polish, Latvian and Ukrainian. The principle story represented in the collection is that of Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) and is one not often told, that of a professional educated woman, a mechanical engineer, whose qualifications were recognised in Australia.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Bequest from (Estate of) Mrs Kateryna Caurs, Geoffrey Park - McKean & Park
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Person Depicted
Mrs Kateryna Caurs, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1950
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
6.6 cm (Length), 5.4 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Identifications, Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Russian Immigration, Settlement, Ukrainian Immigration
