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Hidden lives : war, internment, and Australia's Italians / Mia Spizzica, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australia-History.
- Australia--History.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carindale, Queensland, Australia : Brisbane, 2018.
- Summary:
- A dark chapter in Australia's wartime history has often been minimised or overlooked in mainstream history books. This collection of five scholarly essays, and 15 testimonials, offers new insights into the deeply personal experiences of Italian Australians whose families experienced World War II on the home front. It is the first such compilation by authors originating from northern, central, and southern Italian provinces, and from five Australian States. Although each story is unique, the authors share many Italian cultural values, language, history, and a profound sense of Italianness, as well as a connection to their Australian selves.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Prelims
- Inside Cover
- Imprint
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Tearing Apart the Cardillo Family
- The Truth Will Set You Free
- A Teenage Girl's Memories of Wartime in Queensland
- Orazio's Story
- Surveillance, Internment and Dislocation
- "The Hard life at Tatura One Day Will End"
- Claudia's Story
- There Are So Many Questions I Wish I Had Asked...
- A Kafkaesque Experience
- The Life and Death of Raffaele Musitano
- Memories of Port Pirie and the War
- With a Suitcase and a Mandolin
- Beyond the Barbed Wire
- Within Our Limitations
- Like a Dream So Long Ago
- "Hey Dago!"
- "We were just ordinary blokes!"
- Tears and Sadness
- Childhood Recollections of Tatura Camp 3A
- Shattered Dreams
- Selected Further Readings
- Appendix 1: Australia Location Maps
- Appendix 2: Map of Italy
- Appendix 3: Loveday Camp
- Appendix 4: Cowra Camp
- Appendix 5: Hay Camp
- Appendix 6: Tatura Camp
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-925231-64-X
- OCLC:
- 1031340841
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