Bonegilla migrant centre - Wall panel

Title	Bonegilla migrant centre - Wall panel
Subject	Australia--Emigration and immigration—History Immigrants' writings, Italian Immigrants
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Sebastiano, Costas
Current holder	Albury Library Museum
Date	1955
Link	https://alburylibrarymuseum.zetcom.net/en/explore/item/24816/
Item number	ARM 15.942
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Bonegilla Migrant Centre
Language	Italian
Description from source	570 x 1110 x 12 A section of wall panelling from Bonegilla migrant centre with a pencil text or graffiti on the left written in Italian by Costas Sebastiano. The wall was painted beige and has two large holes with cracking at the right. The canite is bare where wooden strips were previously attached.
Physical format	Objects (miscellaneous)
Transcription	A TUTTI ITALIANI CHE VENGONO / ILA BONEGILLA E TUTTI QUELLI / CHE LASCIO / MIRIE PAISANI. NON SI / DEVONO PERDE DI CORAGGI CHE / VERRA IL GIORNO BUONO ANCHE PER / VOI. IO SONO STATO 18 GIORNI EMI / E SENPRATO DI ESSERE CARCERGATO. MA OGGI, SO FELICE CHE PARTO E SPERO / DI AVERE FORTUNA ELO STESSO VI / AUGORO A VOI TUTTI / COSTA SEBASTIANO
Translation	To all the Italians who come to Bonegilla and all those who leave their countrymen. They should not loose courage as good days will come even for you. I spent 18 days and it seems I was incarcerated. But today, I am happy to leave and hope to have good fortune and I wish the same for you all. Costa Sebastiano
Translator	Rita Battaglin
Bibliographic citation	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FISER3WJ/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FISER3WJ/</a></p>