Meet Rosina Rombola and see the Italian weaving frame used to make patterns on her home-made nacatoli biscuits and macaroni pasta.
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Meet Domenico Sidonio and see the clock that woke him up for work in the
Snowy Mountains in 1953.
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Meet Silvia Saccaro and see the nightdress she made for her baby daughter when they first came to Australia in 1961. Continue reading
Meet Maririta Torsello and see her mother’s snake made from WW2 hand grenades. Continue reading
Meet Silvana Toia and see her childhood embroidery loom from Italy, brought to Australia by her mother.
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Meet Nino Rombola and see his farm hoe from Italy.
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!["We stuffed the cover [with wool] so we would have a bed to sleep on. I always found it funny that we bought wool to Australia where so much wool was produced."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wool-150x150.jpg)
Meet Antonio Punturiero and see the wool his family brought from Italy in the late 1940s.
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Meet Fella Porcu and see the sheets she hand-made in Italy.
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Meet Elisa Pizzuti and see the bust her husband sculpted of her in Italy in the late 1940s. Continue reading
Meet Teresa Pirrottina and see her cup and saucer from Italy.
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!["My Aunty Caterina asked us to bring her one, no-one had one here. In Italy, we boil the ripe tomatoes, then squeeze [them] through the sieve. We would do this every time we have pasta sauce which was a lot."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sieve-150x150.jpg)
Meet Carmela Pasquetti and see her tomato sieve from Italy. Continue reading
Meet Salvatore Papasidero and see the exercise book he used for English classes in Australia.
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Meet Domenica Scarcella and see her statue of the Madonna, a family heirloom from Italy.
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Meet Teresa Restifa and see the bedcover purchased in the 1940s for her mother’s glory box.
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Meet Edda Marcuzzi and see the remaining item from her 24-piece cutlery set.
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I was born in 1935. My mother Caterina and I were originally from Pola in Istria, then in Italian territory. Continue reading
Meet Rosina Benevenuto and see the piano accordion her husband played as a shepherd in Italy.
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Meet Teresa Iannelli and see her café latte cup from Italy. Continue reading
!["Joe sat in the hot coals, in the fire, when he was a little baby, in Italy. Because he was saved and didn’t get burnt, we put him in the St Anthony’s clothes - he's the patron saint [for protecting children] - from Italy to Australia. I washed [the suit] before Mass in the boat."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/suit-150x150.jpg)
Meet Caterina Grippo and see the suit her son wore on the ship from Italy.
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Meet Graziella Del Popolo and see her sheet set from Italy. Continue reading
Meet Tarsilla Cunial and see her dress design books from Italy. They were brought over for potential work opportunities and gave her the courage to come to Australia. Continue reading
Meet Antonio Cunial and see the barber’s tools he brought from Italy in 1948. Continue reading
Meet Concetta Cosentino and see her cup and saucer from Italy.
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Meet Eufemia Benussi and see the potato masher she brought over from Italy in 1955. Continue reading
Meet Gina Bortolin-Papa and see her woollen healing scarf.
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!["The house [at Corbie Hill] didn’t have electricity, a bathroom or hot running water. I used this big pasta saucepan from Italy to boil water to bath the kids. It turned out to be the best thing I could have bought. I lost the handles because I used it so much, so I found some wire and made some handles myself. "](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/saucepan-150x150.jpg)
Meet Domenica Artese and see the pasta saucepan from Italy she used to make bathwater for her kids when they arrived in Australia in 1955. Continue reading
Meet Franca Arena and see her letter from an Australian official in 1959. Franca was asked to give English lessons to Italian passengers on her boat to Australia. Continue reading
