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World of Olegas Truchanas, The - Elizabeth's Bookshop
- Olegas Truchanas (), wilderness photographer and conservationist, was born on 22 September at Siauliai, Lithuania, son of Eduard Truchan, civil servant, and his wife Tatjana, née Bronovickaja-Baronenko.
| Olegas Truchanas was born in Siauliai, Lithuania on 22 September 1923, the son of. | |
| Olegas Truchanas (1923-1972), wilderness photographer and conservationist, was born on 22 September 1923 at Siauliai, Lithuania, son of Eduard Truchan, civil servant, and his wife Tatjana, née Bronovickaja-Baronenko. | |
| Born in 1923, Olegas grew up in Lithuania, a country invaded three times by two different nations. |
Pedder Dreaming – Olegas Truchanas and a lost Tasmanian ...
- Olegas Truchanas was a Lithuanian-Australian photographer and conservationist.
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Biography - Olegas Truchanas - People Australia
Olegas Truchanas: A Biography - Tasmanian Times
Olegas Truchanas
Australian photographer
Olegas Truchanas (22 September 1923 – 6 January 1972)[1] was a Lithuanian-Australian conservationist and nature photographer.
He was a key figure in the attempt to stop the damming of the ecologically sensitive Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania by the Hydro Electricity Commission. His photographs, along with those of his protégé, Peter Dombrovskis,[2] helped raise public awareness of the importance of the south-west Tasmania.
Early life
Truchanas was born in Šiauliai, Lithuania. In 1941, he graduated from the Šiauliai Gymnasium. After the 1945 fall of Lithuania to the USSR, he fled to Munich, Germany. Though he enrolled in a law degree at UNRRA University, he was sent to a displaced persons camp and subsequently migrated to Tasmania in 1948.[3]
Upon arriving in Tasmania, Truchanas worked for a zinc company in Hobart for two years, which was necessary [clarification needed] under Austral
Olegas Truchanas – Australian Lithuanian Community website
Olegas Truchanas - Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Olegas Truchanas (22 September – 6 January ) [1] was a Lithuanian - Australian conservationist and nature photographer.
This Vanishing World: Photography of Olegas Truchanas
- Find out about pioneering Tasmanian photographer Olegas Truchanas.