Below you will find a list of all people charged in a period 1870-1930 and who identified their place of birth as Russia. This includes Ukraine, Belorussia, Poland, Finland
All photographs are located on this site
Abraham GOLDBERG - Абрахам Голдберг
Born 1842, arrived in 1865 on "Golden Pea", merchant, Jew
"1887 Charge - fraudulent insolvency, recommended to mercy. Sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment ..."the prisoner made a strong appeal for leniency and several times broke down by tears"
Louis BRODZI -Луис Бродский?
Born 1842, arrived in 1865 on "Golden Pea", merchant, Jew
"1887 Charge - fraudulent insolvency, recommended to mercy. Sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment ..."the prisoner made a strong appeal for leniency and several times broke down by tears"
Louis BRODZI -Луис Бродский?
born 25.12.1881.
Year 1909 - Breach of arbitration award - clothing trade (male pressers) award, 1 month hard labour. He was in a partnership with Abe Karp, trading as the Co-operative Cleaning and Dyeing Company, and paid a presser in his employ less than the minimum rate.
Henry/Harry THALBERG (1887-1927)
Year 1909 - Breach of arbitration award - clothing trade (male pressers) award, 1 month hard labour. He was in a partnership with Abe Karp, trading as the Co-operative Cleaning and Dyeing Company, and paid a presser in his employ less than the minimum rate.
Henry/Harry THALBERG (1887-1927)
Province of Kurland ( Estonia), born 1862, arrived in 1887, painter, Jew. Charged in 1895 for receiving stolen party. Rebecca Wolfson and Gertrude Morris, sister and niece respectively. Died at Newcastle on 30 May 1927. Bachelor
Alexander SHIRGIE (1866- )
Alexander SHIRGIE (1866- )
born 1866, Jew, arrived in 1884 on a ship
Tried in Maitland gaol in 1885- larceny, 12 months hard labour
Tried in Maitland gaol in 1885- larceny, 12 months hard labour
Abraham Chernow -Абрахам Чернов (1983-1956)
Born 15.06.1883, Poltava, arrived 1913 on a ship "Otway" from Manchester England, presser, Hebrew
His naturalization paper state that he was a dealer ( secondhand) . Married to Sarah Chernow from Odessa , two children. Lived in 1921 at 267 Sydenham rd Marrickville
Charged few times over the years with having received stolen property
1924 - Receiving - 18 mths hard labour
His naturalization paper state that he was a dealer ( secondhand) . Married to Sarah Chernow from Odessa , two children. Lived in 1921 at 267 Sydenham rd Marrickville
Charged few times over the years with having received stolen property
1924 - Receiving - 18 mths hard labour
Waston KARASINSKI
Born 1870, arrived in 1903, tailor , more likely of Polish extractionCaesar Antonio COURT (1871-1935)
Born on 3 April 1871 in Riga Latvia
Possibly sailor as he had a tattoo of an anchor on his right arm, scar in the middle of the forehead. Profession reported - grazier
In 1904 in bankruptcy - of Goulburn, formerly of Mount Ida, Upper Copmanhurst. Caught in 1904 in Yulgilbar for stealing a cow, the property of Patrick Morrissey. Accused - pleaded not guilty, and was undefended.
Died on 26 June 1935 ( aged 64). Buried Mount Thompson Memorial gardens
Possibly sailor as he had a tattoo of an anchor on his right arm, scar in the middle of the forehead. Profession reported - grazier
In 1904 in bankruptcy - of Goulburn, formerly of Mount Ida, Upper Copmanhurst. Caught in 1904 in Yulgilbar for stealing a cow, the property of Patrick Morrissey. Accused - pleaded not guilty, and was undefended.
Died on 26 June 1935 ( aged 64). Buried Mount Thompson Memorial gardens
Harry Skuge Alias: ROBINSON, Hans Alias: ROWANSON, Hans
Born 24.03.1887 (1888 per NAA) . Stealing, unlawful possession, indecent behavior larceny
1917 - attempted arson, 1923- suspected person, vagrancy
lived at 25 Fermanagh rd Camberwell
Died 8 June 1955, buried at Springvale botanical cemetery ( VIC)
charged 1888 - wounding with intent at Mount Costigan ( VIC)
there is SMITH John: Nationality - Russian: Date of Birth - 24 June 1873: First registered at Bourke Street West
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"Prisoner pleaded guilty, but said lie did not know what he was doing because ho was drunk"
Born 25.09.1881, arrived 1912 on Siss. Labourer
Charges - uttering, false pretenses
Alfanacy Nesterenko -Афанасий Нестеренко (1889-1955)
Born 15.08.1889
arrived 1910, draughtsman, engineer
In 1916 tried to enlist however was accepted as UNFIT due to epilepsy ( under the name Nasterinka, Afanasy)
arrived 1910, draughtsman, engineer
In 1916 tried to enlist however was accepted as UNFIT due to epilepsy ( under the name Nasterinka, Afanasy)
1917 - attempted arson, 1923- suspected person, vagrancy
lived at 25 Fermanagh rd Camberwell
Died 8 June 1955, buried at Springvale botanical cemetery ( VIC)
Adolf Mesak (1891- )
Estonian, born in Sweden - arrived Australia per OCEAN MONARCH, April 1914
John SMITH (1861-)
Born 1861, arrived in 1885 on "Bellcomia", minercharged 1888 - wounding with intent at Mount Costigan ( VIC)
there is SMITH John: Nationality - Russian: Date of Birth - 24 June 1873: First registered at Bourke Street West
Is this the same person?
"Prisoner pleaded guilty, but said lie did not know what he was doing because ho was drunk"
Harris ARANOFF
Born March 1863, date of arrival unknown, dealer, Jewish.
1905 Charge - receiving stolen goods- "receiving four bicycle lamps, value £1, the property of Messrs. Brandt Brothers, well knowing the same to have been stolen"
1905 Charge - receiving stolen goods- "receiving four bicycle lamps, value £1, the property of Messrs. Brandt Brothers, well knowing the same to have been stolen"
Michael Maluske
Born 14.04.1894, arrived in Eastern Planet in 1924, fireman
1924 -Charge - prohibited immigrant , 6 months hard labour
1924 -Charge - prohibited immigrant , 6 months hard labour
Alexander Harast (alias Gustave Romnik) (1889-1934)
born 1889, arrived 1912, Lutheran religion
Charges in 1913 and 1922 - house break in, stealing, robbery
HARAST Alexander : Service Number - Depot : Place of Birth - Revel Estonia : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) HARAST Denis
Alexander Harast, a sailor from Revel (Tallinn) in Estonia, came to Australia about 1913 and by 1917 lived in Ravine in New South Wales. Enlisting in the AIF in Sydney, he was allocated to the machine gun reinforcements, but in August 1917 he deserted the camp.
The following years he spent hiding in the Snowy and Blue Mountains in Victoria and New South Wales. He lived in caves and to survive stole weapons, blankets, and food from settlers; later he started stealing horses. He used several aliases and his description in Police Gazette mentioned that he ‘speaks several languages, fond of sketching and writing religious passages in his notebook’. The police apprehended him several times; he served several years of hard labour, but as soon as he was released the crimes resumed. In 1934, when he was terrorising the Nawendoc area of New South Wales, a policeman whom he threatened shot him dead.
https://russiananzacs.net/Harast/
Charges in 1913 and 1922 - house break in, stealing, robbery
HARAST Alexander : Service Number - Depot : Place of Birth - Revel Estonia : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) HARAST Denis
Alexander Harast, a sailor from Revel (Tallinn) in Estonia, came to Australia about 1913 and by 1917 lived in Ravine in New South Wales. Enlisting in the AIF in Sydney, he was allocated to the machine gun reinforcements, but in August 1917 he deserted the camp.
The following years he spent hiding in the Snowy and Blue Mountains in Victoria and New South Wales. He lived in caves and to survive stole weapons, blankets, and food from settlers; later he started stealing horses. He used several aliases and his description in Police Gazette mentioned that he ‘speaks several languages, fond of sketching and writing religious passages in his notebook’. The police apprehended him several times; he served several years of hard labour, but as soon as he was released the crimes resumed. In 1934, when he was terrorising the Nawendoc area of New South Wales, a policeman whom he threatened shot him dead.
https://russiananzacs.net/Harast/
George Doobrofsky
Born 16.07.1894 , arrived 1913, glass worker
Charged - receeiving ( stolen goods) 1920 , assault 1922, breach of weights act 1931 , breach of traffic regulations 1932
George Doobrofsky, a Russian from Petrograd, arrived at Australia as a sailor in November 1917 from California, where he had registered for army service.
Enlisting in the AIF in Sydney, a week after his arrival, he sailed to England with the 1st Pioneers Battalion, but reached the Western Front only after the Armistice.
After the war he continued working as a seaman and labourer, occasionally getting in trouble with the law; in the 1930s he was suspected to be a Communist.
Finn, Born 3.12.1883, arrived "Port Augusta". Photo process engraver. Religion Church if England
Charge 1913 - unlawfully using material to make a bank note, stealing , attempt to forge a Commonwealth security with intent to defraud
Charge - stealing, illegally pawning, embezzlement
Charge 1913 - unlawfully using material to make a bank note, stealing , attempt to forge a Commonwealth security with intent to defraud
George LESLIEAlias: MARTIN, William Alias: CHESURIGHT, George Alias: LEE, John
born 1859Charge - stealing, illegally pawning, embezzlement
Peter Simonoff - Петр Симонов (1883- )
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Peter Simonoff - Петр Симонов |
Born 21 June 1883, arrived 1911, journalist
Charges - Breach of War Precautions act ( 2 charges)
Consul—General for Russia
Peter Simonoff, Consul-General in Australia for the Russian Soviet Government, was released from Mainland Jail on Tuesday 22 July 1919 and arrived' in Sydney . During his incarceration he was a victim to the influenza epidemic.
Consul—General for Russia
Peter Simonoff, Consul-General in Australia for the Russian Soviet Government, was released from Mainland Jail on Tuesday 22 July 1919 and arrived' in Sydney . During his incarceration he was a victim to the influenza epidemic.
Henry LYNDON
Charges - uttering, false pretenses
Oswald TINDIMAN
Born 28.08.1990, arrived in 1909. Tailor
1912 Charge - indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 years old . 3 months Hard labour at the expiration of that period to enter into a recognition of self in $50 to keep a peace and be of good behavior for 9 months in default 3 mnths hard labour
1912 Charge - indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 years old . 3 months Hard labour at the expiration of that period to enter into a recognition of self in $50 to keep a peace and be of good behavior for 9 months in default 3 mnths hard labour
George ADAMOVITCH
Born 25.09.1881, arrived in 1912 on Siss, stonemason
Charge 1913- uttering
Charge 1913- uttering
John BURTOVICH
Born 15.07.1892, arrived 1915 on Eliza. Labourer
1917 Charge being a member of an unlawful association. 6 months hard labour
Deported in 1919- SS "Boveric" - Deportees [VILLALABEITA, BURTOVICH and BILBOA deported to Chile]
1917 Charge being a member of an unlawful association. 6 months hard labour
Deported in 1919- SS "Boveric" - Deportees [VILLALABEITA, BURTOVICH and BILBOA deported to Chile]
Mikel PROLOMOF
Born 1883, arrived 1907 Orsana
Charged in 1907 - upon arrival of stealing
Charged in 1907 - upon arrival of stealing
Leonard George Keiss (1876-1923)
Born 5.09.1876 at Juriew Livonia/Latvia, arrived in 1913 on Solden directly from Seattle USA, engineer, fitter, turner (Pioneer Engineers Moore Park, Engineer Departamnet NSW, member at Amalgamated Engineering union)
Charge 1916- malicious injury to property a plate-glass window, value £22, the property of May Ryan,
1918- drunkenness at North Ipswich
Leonard George Keiss, another Estonian, from Jurjew (Tartu), came to Australia in 1913 as a seaman, deserting his ship. He was an engineer and fitter by profession.
Charge 1916- malicious injury to property a plate-glass window, value £22, the property of May Ryan,
1918- drunkenness at North Ipswich
Leonard George Keiss, another Estonian, from Jurjew (Tartu), came to Australia in 1913 as a seaman, deserting his ship. He was an engineer and fitter by profession.
At the time of his enlistment in the AIF he was living next door to Lembit and they enlisted together. Unfortunately, his service did not go well: a few weeks after his enlistment he was convicted for breaking a window while drunk. Although he wanted to go to the front he was discharged from the army.
After the war he lived in Ipswich, working as an engineer’s fitter and died in 1923.
https://russiananzacs.net/Keiss/
https://russiananzacs.net/Keiss/
Henry KETTER
Born 24.11.1854, came young, date unknown, night watchman
1910- carnally know girl under 14
https://russiananzacs.net/Rogashoff
Hyman SCHNEIDEMAN
Boris SENKOVITCH
Robert MAYER
Robert Davis
Bazil JABKU
Edward LAWSON
Harry MILLMAN
Theodore HABERMANN
Harold Arthur O'BRIEN
Joseph JOSEPHSON
Frank Goldstein
Isadore Rackow
Ivan Ivanitoch Kreschnailis
John BRAUN
Zoran VESSILY
Hans ROBINSON
Jacob JOHNSON
Konstantin Czarnulla
Charles FELDHUSEN
Joseph MORRIS
John WILSON
Morris Joseph Fagin
John JOSEPH
Charles Pollock
William SHILKOFF
Alexander AARON
John Pagini
Nicholas D'Orloff
Thomas Kruger
Alexander ROSENBERG
Carl LEPSON
Karl LEPSON
George BROWN
John Jacob JACKSON
Walter GOODWIN
George GREENBERG
John TROY
Solomon COHEN
Charles CUMMINGS
Jacob Goldring
Myer ALLEN
Francis John Ferinand Charles RADKEY
Alfred Morriss
Charles AROONT
Charles Aroont
Myer Levin
Bill Paltoniff
Charles BREEDIS
Vanio Alexander Simula
Alexander Thomson
John FELDHAM Alias: FELDHAM, Isaac
William TicksonAmirchan Bicayeff
Samuel Frager
Gerrard Ludwig Pusta
Edward Martin Barkoffsky (1861-1912)
Born 1861, arrived 1888, engine fitter, miner, mining engineer, lived at Wyalong
multiple charges of stealing, assault, malicious damaging property
Buried at West Wyalong general cemetery
multiple charges of stealing, assault, malicious damaging property
Buried at West Wyalong general cemetery
Lewis SOLLOMON
Born Sept 1870, arrived 1898 on John Gambles, cabinetmaker, Jewish
1907 charge - Lewis Sollomon 36, a Hebrew Russian cabinet maker, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with stealing two gold brooches, valued at $2, the property of Jacob Slom on July 8. According to the prosecutor Sollomon abstracted the articles from a pocket in prosecutor's coat which
was hanging up in a room behind his jeweler's shop. Accused pleaded not guilty. He said that he was a recent arrival from Brisbane where he bought the articles named in the charge. The police stated that the accused was a nuisance to his countrymen in this city, who had complained that Sollomon pestered them for money. They had also missed certain articles. Accused was sentenced to two months imprisonment.
August Mulhausen
Born 15.10.1889, Estonian - arrived Sydney per INVERTAY, Oct 1914
Charge - assaulting police, malicious wounding
Charge - assaulting police, malicious wounding
Effin Rogashaw - Effim Rogashoff - Ефим Филиппович Рогашов
Born 20.07.1889, arrived 1911, soldier
1916 charge - manslaughter
Effim Rogashoff, a Russian carpenter from Baevka in Simbirsk Province, served in the Russian Cavalry on the Afghan border and came to Western Australia in 1911 via India. He enlisted in the AIF in Kalgoorlie, but was discharged several months later being convicted for manslaughter, after an incident during a drunken brawl in a Sydney pub, where his mining corps was training.
Having served his time, he stayed in the Sydney area, changing his name to Robert King. In 1925 he married an Australian woman, Clara Apps, and raised a large family in Sydney, working as a boot maker. During WWII he enlisted in the AIF and served in the garrison battalion.
The military authorities in Kalgoorlie were especially vigilant when enlisting Effim Rogoshow. To prove his Russianness, he provided a unique document: it was a note written in old-fashioned Russian by a half-literate countryman from Kalgoorlie and stated that Rogoshow is 'A true Russian man'. It obviously satisfied the officials and they duly attached the 'proof' to Rogoshow's file.
Mathew Emmakoff ( Ermakoff) - Матвей Ермаков (1898- )
Born 3.05.1898, arrived in 1915 ship "Port Macquarie", fireman
ERMAKOFF Mathew: Nationality - Russian: Date of Birth - 3 May 1896: Arrived per SS PORT HARDY: Date of Arrival - 9 March 1917: First Registered at Bourke Street West - Melbourne - Victoria
1917 - common assault, 3 months hard labour
ERMAKOFF Mathew: Nationality - Russian: Date of Birth - 3 May 1896: Arrived per SS PORT HARDY: Date of Arrival - 9 March 1917: First Registered at Bourke Street West - Melbourne - Victoria
1917 - common assault, 3 months hard labour
Victor Francis LAMERTO ( aka Victor Francis Januschevsky, alias Janus Chansky)
arrived in 1913 on a ship Albion, seaman,, three scars.
In 1927 at the age of 34, laborer, was charged at Central Police Court with having maliciously murdered Hilda White. Discharged.
In 1927 at the age of 34, laborer, was charged at Central Police Court with having maliciously murdered Hilda White. Discharged.
Hyman SCHNEIDEMAN
Boris SENKOVITCH
Robert MAYER
Robert Davis
Bazil JABKU
Edward LAWSON
Harry MILLMAN
Theodore HABERMANN
Harold Arthur O'BRIEN
Joseph JOSEPHSON
Frank Goldstein
Isadore Rackow
Ivan Ivanitoch Kreschnailis
John BRAUN
Zoran VESSILY
Hans ROBINSON
Jacob JOHNSON
Konstantin Czarnulla
Charles FELDHUSEN
Joseph MORRIS
John WILSON
Morris Joseph Fagin
John JOSEPH
Charles Pollock
William SHILKOFF
Alexander AARON
John Pagini
Nicholas D'Orloff
Thomas Kruger
Alexander ROSENBERG
Carl LEPSON
Karl LEPSON
George BROWN
John Jacob JACKSON
Walter GOODWIN
George GREENBERG
John TROY
Solomon COHEN
Charles CUMMINGS
Jacob Goldring
Myer ALLEN
Francis John Ferinand Charles RADKEY
Alfred Morriss
Charles AROONT
Charles Aroont
Myer Levin
Bill Paltoniff
Charles BREEDIS
Vanio Alexander Simula
Alexander Thomson
John FELDHAM Alias: FELDHAM, Isaac
William TicksonAmirchan Bicayeff
Samuel Frager
Gerrard Ludwig Pusta