Interview with Iolanda Devito |
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| Title : | Interview with Iolanda Devito |
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| Creator : | Devito, Iolanda | ||
| Date of creation : | 1989 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Szekeres, Vivienne | ||
| Format : | Spoken word | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Iolanda Devito was born in southern Italy and migrated to Australia in 1936. She and her husband established themselves in Waikerie, eventually buying their own property. In the selection presented here, Iolanda and her daugheter talk about how when many Italians in Australia were interned during the Second World War Iolanda's husband was not because it was deemed that it would be more beneficial for him to remain on the land to supply fruit and vegetables. |
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| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Place : | Waikerie |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Internment in South Australia: history of Loveday, Loveday internment group, Barmera, 1940-1946, prepared by a committee of officers and OR's appointed with the approval of Brig. HC Bundock, the then Commander 4th MD, Adelaide: Advertiser Printing Office, 1946 The Murray River / Amanda Burdon; [photography by] Bill Bachman Terrey Hills, N.S.W. Australian Geographic, 2000 Nursey-Bray, Paul.'Anti-fascism and internment: The case of Francesco Fantin', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 17, pp. 88-111 |
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