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italian migrants in Australia

Il tiramisù di Gemma (Gemma’s tiramisu)

A few weeks ago I took my mother to visit my godmother Gemma. They both arrived in Australia in 1950 through the sponsored migration program, although santola Gemma (as I call her) arrived a couple of months earlier. Her husband had been friends with my father back in Pola (Istria) as well as working with […]Read Post ›

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