Migrants or Mates: Italian Life in Australia compiled by Gianfranco Cresciani

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges, with front cover tail right corner now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Italian emigrants began arriving in large numbers in Australia during the gold rushes of the 1850s, although Italians had been in Australia since the beginning of European settlement.

Through private and public records, photographs, newspapers, letters and reports, the story of Italian emigration and life in a new and sometimes hostile land is told. They are poignant reminders of the living conditions and attitudes of the times.