Italian migration and settlement: the Salvemini family [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorVentura, Maddelena, 1935-; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn in Molfetta -- Migration to Fremantle in 1939 on the "Romolo" -- Three families living at the grocery shop in Cliff St -- Bad burns -- Father and uncle interned during the war -- Lack of income -- Evacuation to a farm at Bibra Lake -- Speaking English -- Improvement in the family fortunes: buying a house in Suffolk St, and a boat -- Crayfishing -- Schooling -- Learning dressmaking -- Chaperoning, courting, marriage in 1954 -- Sons-in-law -- Relatives in Fremantle and Molfetta -- Husband's accident with a sharkImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1995Collation1 sound cassette (50 min.) + guide to contents (5 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1995NotesSUPPORT MATERIAL: prints No. 4010-4014 -- NotesDewey ClassOH/VENAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425664LocationOral History Collection

PeopleMaddelena Ventura (nee Salvemini)SubjectItalian AustraliansWorld War, 1939-1945 - Alien internmentMolfetta (Italy)CollectionOral History Collection

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