Actor Jacob Elordi's grandfather moved from Ondarroa to Australia to work on sugar cane plantations
Mikel Reparaz has interviewed Joaquin Elordi, grandfather of actor Jacob Elordi.
between 1958 and 1963, nearly 8,000 workers with Spanish passports went to Australia to work on sugar cane plantations, of which 2,500 were Basques. Today, the descendants of those migrants and those who have since arrived in Queensland form a strong community. This is the case of Joaquín Elordi, the grandfather of the famous actor Jacob Elordi.
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In Álava, several villages in the Ribera Alta have cleared the forest and made a security perimeter around the homes
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