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Papers of Alberto Rizzo, 1951-1978

Place
Sydney
Subject
Category
Author
Rizzo, Alberto
Current holder
Series number
MS 10196
Item number
6937830
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Copying of Alberto Rizzo’s copyright material permitted for research purposes. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1951 to 1978
Description from source
0.15 m (1 box)

Comprises letters and photographs of Alberto Rizzo, an Italian who emigrated to Australia in 1951, sent to his mother in Italy. The letters recount details of Rizzo’s shipboard voyage from Genoa to Sydney, via the Suez Canal, and subsequent years in Australia. Through the letters Rizzo discusses the problems and successes of his life in Australia, including the birth of his two children and the purchase of land and building of his home in the outer Sydney suburbs.
Physical format
Letters
Photographs
Bibliographic citation
Journey
Genoa
Suez canal
Sydney
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