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A dinner menu drawn and compiled by an internee at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Loveday, South Australia

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A dinner menu drawn and compiled by an internee at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Loveday, South Australia
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Italian language
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Internment camp inmates
Category
4. World War II
Place
Loveday camp
Keywords
Italian immigrants
Loveday
Creator
Gazzi, Marco
Current holder
CO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society (IHS), Melbourne
Date
1941
Item number
P-06527
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Language
Italian
Description from source
Digital image and copy print

A dinner menu drawn and compiled by an internee at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Loveday, South Australia. The menu is signed by some of the internees and is created with a touch of humour and irony in that the dishes listed on the menu include such things as: 'Antipasto di uova di canguro', 'Canelloni al vento con sabbia' and 'Dolce Bell'Australia'. This menu was souvenired by Marco Gazzi one of the inmates at the camp, who was also one of the Dunera contingent of civil internees who came out from England in 1941 after he was arrested there while working in a business run by an Italian family [relatives] and hence was deemed to be an 'enemy alien'.
Physical format
Menus