From the mountains to the bush
Subtitle: Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962
By: Jacqueline Templeton ; edited by John Lack assisted by Gioconda Di Lorenzo.
Contributors: Lack, John.; Di Lorenzo, Gioconda.
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Crawley, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Italians -- Australia -- Correspondence.; Immigrants -- Australia -- Correspondence.; Italians -- Australia -- Social life and customs.; Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: Explores the experiences of Italian immigrants in Australia between 1860 and 1962.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-361).
"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.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I.; title: The Valtellina - Australia Migrations -- -- Ch. 1.; title: Behind the salt-water curtain -- -- Ch. 2.; title: Sojourners -- -- Ch. 3.; title: The home front -- -- Ch. 4.; title: 'What sort of a life is this!' -- -- Pt. II.; title: The Migrants and their Letters --; title: Antonio Crameri, 1861-65 --; title: Bombardieri - Molinari, 1882-96 --; title: Pozzi-Beccaria, 1875-76 --; title: Battista Cabassi, 1883 --; title: Lorenzo Bonadeo, 1893-1904 --; title: The A. and L. families, 1900-40 --; title: Nazzari, 1912-30 --; title: Salandi-De Campo, 1912-18 --; title: The G. family, 1934-62 --; title: Romedietti, 1931-55 --; title: Agostino Candiani, 1937-60 --; title: The O. and S. families, 1949-52 --; title: Tarcisio Crapella, 1952-53.