From the mountains to the bush : Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962 / Jacqueline...
From the mountains to the bush : Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962 / Jacqueline...
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.
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Publisher
Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
Call Numbers
305.85109/4
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 367 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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...
Publication information
Publisher
Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Western Australia
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
This study explores the experience of Valtellinese migrants to Australia between 1860 and 1953. It employs the letters exchanged between the Italian migrants and their families to trace the story of these sojourners who journeyed from the mountains to the bush.
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Full 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.
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Notes
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Bibliography: p. 353-361.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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Call Numbers
305.85109/4
Record Identifier
74VvlLk8454Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlLk8454Z
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ISBN
1920694013 (hbk.)
9781920694012 :
1920694013 :
9781920694012 (hbk.):
1920694013 (hbk.):
9781920694012
1920694013
9781920694012 (hbk.)
DDC
305.851094
MMS ID
991017406479702626
