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In 1940, as ever more countries lined up on either side of burgeoning global conflict, Italian migrant families in Austr | dG1fT0NOUEJCZXlrN1E
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00:00Life is its most beautiful when it is diverse.
00:14They knew that if you left that country,
00:16you probably never went back.
00:21My first impression, I wanted to go back to Italy.
00:24We came from a place where we were loved.
00:30To women, to dogs and to Italians.
00:32Oh, it was a tremendous shock.
00:39Italians, pretty much three Fs.
00:42Food, family and fashion, in whatever order you want.
00:46The food here was English food, meat and three veg.
00:49We brought out a whole new palate
00:52for the Australian people to taste.
00:54I never thought I was bringing in anything
00:56because I thought it was just normal.
00:58But it turned out not to be normal.
01:00The clothes were very old-fashioned for us Italians.
01:04And we were very, very progressive in those days.
01:07Would you please say hello to the fashion world's best collars and patty?
01:11Mum recognised that if you had the right clothing,
01:14you could take on the world.
01:15Noi non ci sappiamo aiutare con la lingua e ci aiutiamo con le mani.
01:26Sometime I sent them to help.
01:28In Italian it was easier because I didn't understand.
01:31Because I had this background,
01:33I was tough enough to tell them all to get stuffed
01:36and do it in a nice way.
01:38That's what I learned.
01:39You had to do it in a nice way.
01:42The Italians show that you can hold on to your culture
01:45and you can add that to Australia
01:47and make everybody's life richer because of it.
01:50They discovered Italy, you know?
01:53They discovered Italy.
01:55One of the things with Italian outlook on life is possibilities.
02:08the reasons between the people,
02:10so I can put a progress and then speak to them,
02:13I guess I've got time and then arrive
02:15to enjoy all the trip.
02:15Take it again.
02:17Take it again hopefully?
02:18Life perfects on screenÉ
02:19I can also come to keep an Vincent and give flavor
02:19and give one reason why I loved the world.
02:20So I said to Go in home now.
02:21I could psychkar taller in Italy.
02:22I thought I wanted it to keep things
02:25for the moment,
02:27but that's obviously quote I want to have
02:28a reality because we were not able to touch
02:30here in those days.
02:37So, let's all hear the Bible using
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