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Mangiavacchi - Letter, 8 April 1956

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Title
Mangiavacchi - Letter, 8 April 1956
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Italy--Emigration and immigration
Personal narratives
Italian letters
Correspondence
New South Wales--History
Category
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author
Mangiavacchi, Vasco
Current holder
Albury Library Museum
Date
April 8, 1956
Link
https://alburylibrarymuseum.zetcom.net/en/explore/item/30809/
Item number
ARM 18.809.01
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Sydney
Bonegilla Migrant Centre
Language
Italian
English
Description from source
A letter written in Italian using blue ink on unlined paper aerogramme. The letter was written at the Railway Hostel at Leichhardt in Sydney. Written by Vasco Mangiavacchi to his mother in Montepulciano, Italy, the letter describes his first day at work as a bricklayer with the NSW Government Railways, and also meeting up with other acquaintances from Italy living in Sydney.
Related resources
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2877/
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2878/
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2879/
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2881/
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama//items/4EPY3JQH/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama//items/4EPY3JQH/</a></p>