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BIBLIOGRAPHY Alcorso, Caroline et al, 'Community Networks and Instititions', in Stephen Castles et al., eds, Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society, Sydney, AUen& Unwin, 1992, pp. 106-124. Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London, Verso, 1991. Alcorso, Claudio and Caroline, 'Italians in Australia During World War IT, in Stephen Castles et al, eds, Australia's Italians: Culture and Community in a Changing Society, Sydney, Allen «& Unwin, 1992, pp. 18-34. Anon., 'Aperta al pubblico a Hepbum Spring la storica "The Old Macaroni Factory'", // Globo, 20 December 1993, p. 26. Anon,, 'BuU Boars are Flavour of the Day', Courier, Ballarat, 28 December 1991, p. 56. Anon., 'Culture in the Yandoh Hills', Bendigo Advertiser, 23 March 1984. Anon., 'European Style Living', Courier, Ballarat, July 1977. Anon., 'The Valley that Dreams of hs Past', Sun, Melboume, 18 October 1967, p. 8. Appearance Book of Mt Franklin Lodge of Hiram, No. 716 E.C., 10 November 1864 - 28 November 1884. Held Masonic Temple archives, Daylesford. 545
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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PLACE
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Declaration Except where otherwise
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Abstract iv
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Vanzetta 392 Rodoni 409 CHAPTER ELE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people assist
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Fig. 5 Charlwood, Don, The Long Far
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IMPERIAL MEASURES TECHNICAL NOTES I
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SUMMARY In this dissertation I argu
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to Australia. It examines their att
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LIST OF FIGURES PAGE FIG. 1. THE IT
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Fig 2 Switzerland and Northern Ital
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^^Lauezzolo's Hotel 1860 (Alesscmdw
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XXVII
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^ ':^&-|W^ •( ' , I ;•"!' Jrl'i
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increasingly focuses on the questio
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study. Time and again in the interv
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connected to people that they have
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In terms of horizontal consciousnes
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family bonds. In their telling, and
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which features so prominently in th
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In order to explore these forces, t
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(1988; 1989). Others are from areas
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CHAPTER ONE : THE EMIGRANTS 18
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from the title of an old sailor's s
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From Eganstown and Deep Creek in th
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the separate states combined to for
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under the heading of 'other Europea
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The peasant family, vdth his house
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At the conclusion of the Napoleonic
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usiness practice was tolerated by p
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women and children, the old and the
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POZZI When up to 40 Valmaggesi (peo
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Ticino, many of those working in Lo
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the peak period, only the H. Ludwin
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Pozzis wrote less optimistically to
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that Stefano constmcted a jeweller'
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confession, Alessandro replied that
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clemo.^^ Stefano leamed to use capi
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at 250 pounds. Later, when gold was
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Leonardo received the sad news of h
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and was happy in her new home. She
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16 December 1886. The Star Hotel, a
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In their five-roomed cellar ~ a fam
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Stefano died at 89 years of age on
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The home on Italian Hill was sold m
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possibly as labourers. The closure
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Arriving only a few years after the
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Maurizio Morganti, sought self-empl
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world, the Tognazzini and Morganti
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stage in the 1860s they also decide
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As evidence of the masterful buildi
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their purchases reflectmg a beUef i
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It was, for the Morgantis, a small
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withdrawal of her children from the
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groups together, providing both the
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specialisation of roles, each famil
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given the opportunity to work throu
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Someo and another had gone on to Ca
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THE JOURNEY The Itahan-speaking imm
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Al memento non posso spedirti denar
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Many of the contracts were also mis
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un poco amalati, e il motive e stat
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Gioachimo Respini from Cevio, writi
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home, a home that would seldom be s
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For the majority of the time, howev
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egarded as one of the richest place
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more readily accepted into Anglo-Ce
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on traditional ways but, rather, fo
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QUANCHI Among the ItaUan-speaking s
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language difficulties), eventually
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and an urgency to find employment.
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By 1862, Alessandro was mining at L
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and only permitted the men to buy i
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describing each of them as general
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child James was bom in 1878, in the
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As the business grew and it became
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esponsibilities of one another, how
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difficulties, but rather pride in t
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partners and in the naming of child
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advertising campaigns of the travel
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had an association with a Mr Tunzi
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the Irish and Italian speakers, the
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This child survived the birth thoug
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established a small dairy farm on h
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1874, his salary was stopped. Fathe
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however, the first of several bad s
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ackground and the practices which h
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employment. Within most households
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Smce Celestino had not leamed Itali
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would labour on the farm, his pants
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LAFRANCHI The Lafranchis were anoth
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where he began dairy farming. The m
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Proud of the wealth he had accumula
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family needs ~ with an economy and
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Melboume and Sydney through a netwo
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Food nevertheless continued to serv
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providing a Unk between the immigra
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status and wealth he had eamed as a
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on deck from the book, drapery, sta
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When she was fifteen years old and
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In a similar way, family anecdotes
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In 1929 Anchigi, the much loved son
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PERINI Like most of the ItaUan-spea
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Fuhvood, it represented a movement
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eaders, carrying messages from comp
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Many ItaUan speakers eamed the resp
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On 14 March 1865 Vincenzo purchased
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usmess. Mrs Laughnan, a local schoo
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was bom two years later on 26 Octob
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elated to this problem. The Swiss S
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gold watch and chain from the peopl
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Spring Creek assumed after 1906) ha
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Australia, where he found employmen
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the guest-house was again damaged b
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RIGHETTI Four brothers of the Righe
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equipment and began their search. N
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While the food rations initially ha
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Despite the conflicts with competit
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years later he purchased the land o
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Unlike most Irish girls who married
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children (see previous sections) Lu
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for your future welfare will accomp
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- before shifting to Daylesford and
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knife and eaten on toast or bread,
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place among Australia's noteworthy
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CHAPTER FTVE : SCOUTING 225
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cane cutters and railway navvies, w
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earUest years of the 1850s, there w
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numbered ten out of a possible 60 w
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peasant farmers. Along with those u
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Racemande alia meglie e sorelle di
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Operating larger mines which employ
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theu actions through their letters
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The antagonism showm towards the Ch
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The greatest hardship, however, cam
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Many immigrants would also have bee
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usage, they also reflected a phonet
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MILESI By 1855, emigration to Austr
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ought social unrest and uncertainty
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The lack of documentary evidence fo
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Having remained in Hepbum as a mine
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Shepherds Flat the couple had buUt
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GUSCETTI Not all the Italian speake
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one Dr Marini of Besans, a nobleman
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fiiend in Milan a few days later. R
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'dottor dei pomi di terra' (doctor
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In 1857, Severino and Giuditta prod
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Severino may have selected his frie
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honorary medical officer receiving
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disease of the liver'"**). Despite
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VANINA Unlike the Guscettis, who ar
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Australia, Carlo had decided to set
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Another traditional feature of the
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household where, at the end of the
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Giuseppa, with a farm to manage and
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(ref figure 9).'" Luigia had given
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its lovely big kitchen, and the sto
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known as) Alzheimer's Disease. Nurs
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transferred."** Hs daughter Mary be
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the Vanina family remained in Hepbu
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SETTLING While some of the Italian
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emained beyond the means of many It
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[the] expertise of the Italians was
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While the Swiss read with sadness t
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Filippini. In 1859 three applicatio
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planting vegetables, fi-uit trees,
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despite his lack of British citizen
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as well as the many Italian-speakin
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compatriots' legal matters provided
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community'.'* While never achieving
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GERVASONI It is surprising that as
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Italian speakers, strengthened thei
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wife Maria to join him in the Colon
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eplacing the more common si sottosc
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workrooms for carrying out domestic
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contact wdth the Anglo-Celtic popul
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Giuseppe always wrote in Italian, h
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from the purely practical features
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With its increasing number of ItaUa
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Much of the fi^it for their wdne an
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family's crops were destroyed. Late
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audiences over the next 40 years. J
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was with a group of eight fellow vi
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for, the peoples of Europe. During
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Maria Celestina Elvezia in recognit
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identification with a new 'home' ou
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Eastem HiU. His children and grandc
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GAGGIONI The story of the Gaggioni
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Despite his many years in Australia
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In the dovmstairs living area was a
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farmed land extending back to Sprin
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constmcted from creek stones from n
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taught more about the countries to
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ushfires which raged through Hepbum
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other Italian speakers against the
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in political affairs, at one time h
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CHAPTER NINE : HOME AND FAMILY 367
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Gossip concerning bigamous relation
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sin. Along with a common faith, the
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houses in Ticino and northern Italy
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The preparation of the land before
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used in the constmction process wer
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esembled similar architectural feat
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Fmgality and an ingenious use of re
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When the daily work was done, the f
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As vital participants in their fami
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language which the children brought
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games were usually a male-dominated
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CHAPTER TEN : FAMILIES 1888 - 1889
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(peasant fanner) married to Maria M
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As expected, the Vanzettas were abl
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area. Leading from the bakery, with
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By 1898, the profits of the bakery
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Added to this, one of his children
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of the alpine farmer. Opposite thei
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As the century progressed and the V
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forgetfiil at times, he was still a
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RODONI Isidoro Rodoni, like his cou
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Aquilino Tinetti had arrived in Aus
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Italian speakers providing unusual
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the younger children,^'* Like the V
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weighed 140 to 180 kilogrammes, a s
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social bonds. A small proportion of
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'farming' years and the establishme
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LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD Th
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Alessandro Brocchi's defence of his
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habhs in that period on the goldfie
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Working on the goldfields as miners
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family, many women had become physi
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Italian speakers, thus, had the pow
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Around their homes the Italian spea
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in his native language, cf above pp
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playmates; Lucinis' pasta factory i
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other ItaUan-speaking families dona
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cooperativeness had formed the basi
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stmggled to preserve important aspe
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Following the influx of Ticinesi an
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Skin colour had (as many years befo
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self-sufficient. Post-war ItaUans w
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ethnic culture,'" While a shortage
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about using their mother-tongue in
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It insists on specificity, on conju
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INTRODUCTION 1, Sandro Bianconi, /
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25. Denis Mack Smith, Italy: A Mode
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THE EMIGRANTS 1. Henry T. Maddicks,
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27. May N. Diaz and Jack M. Potter,
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POZZI 1. GentiUi (1988) p. 3. 2. ib
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28. Leonardo Pozzi, letter 7 Septem
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is attended by members of the South
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17, Lazzaro's name has not been loc
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49, Refer to above comment p, 5. 50
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15. 'Our short trip has up to now b
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34. 'hnmediately we made an appeal
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QUANCHI 1. Maggia Municipal Records
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31, Much of the information regardi
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TOMASETTI 1. Cheda (1979) Vol 1, p.
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35. ibid. 36. ibid. 37. ibid. 3 8.
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LAFRANCHI 1. GentiUi (1988) pp. 59-
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32, The tricolour flag It always wa
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PERINI 1. Cheda (1979) Vol 1, p. 12
Page 530 and 531: 28. Vincenzo Perini, business ledge
Page 532 and 533: RIGHETTI 1. Cheda (1979) Vol. 1, p.
Page 534 and 535: have sold us their oven for 30 poun
Page 536 and 537: 48, ibid. 49, Sidney Righetti, inte
Page 538 and 539: SCOUTING 1. Robert Pascoe, 'Place a
Page 540 and 541: 25. Maddicks (1981) p. 21 26. ibid.
Page 542 and 543: 45. 'to eam bread it was necessary
Page 544 and 545: MILESI 1. CjentilU(1988)p, 3, 2. Re
Page 546 and 547: GUSCETTI 1. Cheda (1979) Vol 1, p.
Page 548 and 549: 24. 'Most of the Swiss are here, a
Page 550 and 551: VANINA 1. Cheda (1979) Vol 1, p. 13
Page 552 and 553: 30. The small weatherboard house re
Page 554 and 555: 11. 'Scarce was the number of labou
Page 556 and 557: GERVASONI 1. GentUU (1988) p. 3. 2.
Page 558 and 559: 30. Vision and Realisation, Vol 2,
Page 560 and 561: 19. CaUgari (1972) p. 3. 20. Inform
Page 562 and 563: constmction of the home was provide
Page 564 and 565: 48, ibid, 49, Information derived f
Page 566 and 567: 16, Bart)ara Walsh, 'Bergamo', Ital
Page 568 and 569: VANZETTA 1. GentiUi (1988) p. 3. 2.
Page 570 and 571: 25. Shire of Mount Franklin rate bo
Page 572 and 573: RODONI 1. GentiUi (1988) p. 93. 2.
Page 574 and 575: 34. ibid. 35. ibid. 36. ibid. 37. I
Page 576 and 577: described by Pascoe and Bertola in
Page 578 and 579: 39. Victoria Directorate of School
Page 582 and 583: Bianconi, Sandro, / due linguaggi:
Page 584 and 585: Castles, S., et al, eds, Australia'
Page 586 and 587: Daylesford Mercury and Express, 24
Page 588 and 589: FumagaUi, Alberto, 'Architettura co
Page 590 and 591: Hibbins, G. M., Fahey, C. and Askew
Page 592 and 593: Lewds (Lafranchi), Marie, interview
Page 594 and 595: Minutes, Proceedings and Correspond
Page 596 and 597: Pascoe, Robert and Bertola, Patrick
Page 598 and 599: Sagazio, Celestina, Italian Craftsm
Page 600 and 601: Tomasetti, G. The Swiss at Blampied
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