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Title

From the mountains to the bush : Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962 / Jacqueline Templeton ; edited by John Lack assisted by Gioconda Di Lorenzo.

Author

Templeton, Jacqueline.

Publication

Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Lack, John (John F.)
• Di Lorenzo, Gioconda.

Description

xv, 367 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.

Subject

• Italians > Australia > Correspondence
• Immigrants > Australia > Correspondence
• Italians > Australia > Social life and customs
• Australia > Social aspects

Note

• "This path-breaking study explores the experience of Italian migrants to Australia between 1860 and 1962. Jackie Templeton employs the letters exchanged between Valtellinese migrants and their families to trace the extraordinary story of these sojourners who came from the mountains to the bush. Complemented by fascinating family and social histories, 124 letters are reproduced in full"--Jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-361).

Contents

Pt. I. The Valtellina - Australia Migrations -- Ch. 1. Behind the salt-water curtain -- Ch. 2. Sojourners -- Ch. 3. The home front -- Ch. 4. 'What sort of a life is this!' -- Pt. II. The Migrants and their Letters -- Antonio Crameri, 1861-65 -- Bombardieri - Molinari, 1882-96 -- Pozzi-Beccaria, 1875-76 -- Battista Cabassi, 1883 -- Lorenzo Bonadeo, 1893-1904 -- The A. and L. families, 1900-40 -- Nazzari, 1912-30 -- Salandi-De Campo, 1912-18 -- The G. family, 1934-62 -- Romedietti, 1931-55 -- Agostino Candiani, 1937-60 -- The O. and S. families, 1949-52 -- Tarcisio Crapella, 1952-53.

ISBN

1920694013

LCCN

2004353395

OCLC

• ocm54665621
• SCSB-1329422

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library