Antanas Bauže
Born 1919 m. Lithuanian Army volunteer, served up to 1930 m. In 1930 he arrived in Sydney with his wife Ona Baužienė. From 1932 – 1937 m. and 1940 – 1950 m. he was elected as Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian Society of Australian Society (TLD). In 1950, together with S. Narušis and J. Kapočius, the TLD was reorganized into the Australian Lithuanian community , and were its honorary members.
In 1949 m. he became the initiator of the creation of the weekly magazine “Musu Pastogė” and until 1952 its official publisher. Through this means, Bauže collaborated with both Lithuanian and US Lithuanian presses.
He passed away in September 1975.
Technical details
Starting with a 4 page newspaper (a page of which the then obligatory page in English), it has now become an 8 page weekly.
Gradually within existing financial constraints the publication technology was improved (thanks to helpers, in particular Prof. Algimantas Kabaila and the late Fr. Povilas Martuzas). The setting out “Mūsų Pastogė” for publication no longer employs pasting up. Computerised setting out was brought in by Rita Baltušytė-Ormsby and has been further improved by the current editor, Dalia Doniela.
For many years the paper has been printed by Media Press (first in Marrickville, later in Alexandria). From the middle of April, 2003, the printer is Spotpress, Marrickville.
70th Anniversary
“Our Haven”
The Australian Lithuanian Community newspaper
“Mūsų Pastogė”
“Mūsų Pastogė”
has provided expatriates with news of the homeland throughout the era of Soviet oppression and survives to this day with a connection to local and overseas activities and developments.
From the left: Antanas Bauže (founder and publisher), Juozas Žukauskas (editor), Anna Bauže (administrator), Jonas Bastys (artist and illustrator) In the backyard of Hurlstone Park, 1949.
Founded by Antanas Bauže and first published on January 26th 1949 to coincide with Lithuania’s 70th anniversary of the declaration of Lithuania’s Freedom!, remarkably on our Australia Day weekend as well – the newspaper has outlasted the founders and subsequent editors on a shoestring budget but helped keep alive a community with its language, its culture and its life.
Address:
“Mūsų Pastogė”, P.O. Box 550,
Bankstown, NSW 1885
Tel: (02) 9782 0080 Fax:(02) 9782 0081
Email:mpastoge@bigpond.com
Website: www.slic.org.au/Pastoge
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Jonas Masanauskas
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1984/12 – 1985/8
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Rita Baltusyte-Ormsby
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1985/8 – 1986/7
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Editorial Committee
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1986/8 – 1986/9
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( V.Augustinavicius, B.Zalys, V.Patasius)
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Vincas Augustinavicius
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1986/9 – 1991/8
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Bronius Zalys
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1991/8 – 1999/12
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(with relief editors – Vincas Augustinavicius, initially, and Dalia Doniela, later)
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Rita Baltusyte-Ormsby
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2000/1 – 2001/7
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Dita Svaldenyte
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2001/7 – 2001/8
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Dalia Doniela
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2001/9 – present
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