PUBLICATIONS
Since its inception, the IHS has published books,
exhibition catalogues, videos, teacher guides and fact sheets about
Italians in Australia. The following publications are currently
available:
- Italian Historical Society Journal
- Books and CDs
- Fact sheets.

Italian Historical Society Journal
The Italian Historical Society Journal, published biannually since
1993, is the only publication of its kind with a focus on the Italian
migration story and the Italian contribution to Australian life.
From 2007 (Vol 15) the IHS Journal will only be available online. The
online editions of the Journal will be free of charge. Selected back
issues of the Journal and of its forerunner, the Newsletter of the
Italian Historical Society, can be purchased for A$22.00 GST each plus
postage (within Australia).
Click on the issue of your choice to view a table of contents.
January-June 2002 vol.
10 no. 1
July-December 2001 vol. 9 no.
2
January-June 2001 vol. 9 no. 1
July-December 2000 vol. 8 no.
2
January-June 2000 vol. 8 no. 1
August-December 1999 vol. 7
no. 2
January-July 1999 vol. 7 no. 1
January-December 1998 vol. 6
nos. 1-2
July-December 1997 vol. 5 no.
2
January-June 1997 vol. 5 no. 1
July-December 1996 vol. 4 no.
2
January-June 1996 vol. 4 no. 1
July-August 1995 vol. 3 no. 2
March 1995 vol. 3 no. 1
June 1994 vol. 2 no. 1
December 1993 vol. 1 no. 2
July-August 1993 vol. 1 no. 1
December 1992 vol. 3 no. 4
April-September 1992 vol. 3
nos. 2-3
January-March 1992 vol. 3 no. 1
October-December 1991 vol. 2
no. 4
July-September 1991 vol. 2 no.
3
April-June 1991 vol. 2 no. 2
January-March 1991 vol. 2 no. 1
September-November 1990 vol. 1
no. 4
May-June 1990 vol. 1 no. 3
February 1990 vol. 1 no. 2
November 1989 vol. 1 no. 1

January-June 2006 vol. 14 no. 1
Contents
Signs of Italian culture in the urban landscape of Carlton by Alice
Giulia Dal Borgo 2
Italian washing 1973 by Vivien Achia 10
From our archives: Italians in Queensland 16
A new resource for family historians: microfilms of vital records from
the archivio tribunale by Alan
Poletti 26
Poschiavini in Australia: a CD compiled by Hans Fumberger by Alan
Poletti 38 
January-December 2005 vol. 13 nos. 1-2
Contents
An Australian Mazzinian: Andrew Inglis Clark by Ros
Pesman 2
Features of early Italo-Australian newspapers: a case study of
l'Italo-Australiano (1885) by Amedeo Tosco 9
Calabria in Australia: customs and traditions of Italians from Caulonia
by Daniela Cosmini-Rose 26
Antonio Agostini: newspaper man 33
A man of many talents: Elio Franz by Joy and Gloria Franz 43
True story of a girl: Linda Polesel by Linda Polesel 46

July-December 2004 vol. 12 no. 2
Contents
A clash of civilisations? The Slovene and Italian
minorities and the problem of Trieste from Borovnica to Bonegilla by
Gianfranco Cresciani 2
The Peter Bevilacqua story by Tony De Bolfo 16
Battista Giudice 1840-1907 by Geoff Giudice 28
Danilo Jovanovitch and the Italian experience in Yarram, Victoria by
Raffaele Lampugnani 23
In search of Giovanni Fattori’s mercato by Anna Maria
Sabbione 33

January-June 2004 vol. 12 no. 1
Contents
The Italian-Australia backyard: Italian's sweet little
acre by Diana Chessel 2
Diary of an immigrant from Trieste by Ondina Demarchi 7
Coopers Creek, Gippsland: the trevisani by Diana
Ruzzene-Grollo 17
Recalling the memories of an haute couturiere: Madam Serini, journey
from Fiume to Melbourne by Astrid Haban-Beer 25
Bridging two cultures: Italian migrant food in Australia by Zoe
Boccabella 31

July-December 2003 vol. 11 no. 2
Contents
From ‘terrone’ to ‘wog’: post colonial perspectives on
Italian immigration into Australia by Gerardo Papalia 2
Introduction and background context to the Italian Diplomatic Archives
held at the IHS-Melbourne by Louis Green 12
Building blocks of settlement: Italians in the Riverland, South
Australia by Desmond O’Connor and Sara King 24
Rolani Guido: a prisoner of war in Gippsland by Marian
Scarlett 30
Growing up Italian and making movies by Jan Sardi 33
Origin of the Italian language: a lecture given by Ferdinando Gagliardi
in 1881 38
Mangiamele Archives 40

January-June 2003 vol. 11 no. 1
Contents
An Italian Experience by Malcolm Webster 4
Vagabonds rest by Malcolm Webster 7
Migration patterns from two communities in Sondrio: Tirano and Villa di
Tirano by Alan Poletti and Emanuela Menghina 12
Digging for our Italian roots by Alan Poletti 21
Nino Borsari by Elizabeth Broughton 28

July-December 2002 vol. 10 no. 2
Contents
The continuing chain: the migration of Sangiorgesi to
Adelaide in the post-war period by Giulia Ciccone and Desmond
O’Connor 4
The quarryman from Salcedo: Antonio Gnata by Tony De Bolfo 10
Pioneer veneti in Gippsland and their role in the development of an
Italian farming community by Anna Davine 19
L’Italo-Australiano: Australia’s first Italian language newspaper by
Francesca A Musicò 26

January-June 2002 vol. 10 no. 1
Contents
The Long Tunnel Mine, Italian Hill: hands in the riffles
by Ruth Dwyer 25
An ocean liner named Australia by Lorenzo Iozzi 10
Envisioning the Italian migrant experience down under: Giorgio
Mangiamele, poet of the image by Raffaele Lampugnani 16
Italian art in Sydney: Guido Zuliani and Peter Melocco, two interwoven
stories of emigration and enterprise by Anne Reynolds 4

July-December 2001 vol. 9 no. 2
Contents
A thematic history of Italians in Leichhardt: St
Fiacre’s, the San Francesco Catholic Italian Association and the
Italian Capuchins by Anne Reynolds 4
Italian language print media in Sydney: a short history of La Fiamma
newspaper by Anne Reynolds 10
The APIA Association and the APIA club in Leichhardt, Sydney: a brief
history of their origins by Anne Reynolds 14
Friendly societies: an unexpected source of history on Italian speaking
pioneers by Nancy Renfree 20
Italian censuses in 19th century New Zealand by Alan Poletti
26

January-June 2001 vol. 9 no. 1
Contents
Liste di leva = draft lists by Alan Poletti 4
Constructing the Italian criminal: the press and the Pyjama Girl murder
case by Luisa Spitale 12
Lena Santospirito, the person by Tony Santospirito 17
A visit to Loveday by Laura Mecca 22
Luciana D’Urso: my mother [1909-1995] by Salvatore D’Urso 27

July-December 2000 vol. 8 no. 2
Contents
Augusto Lorenzini: Italian artist decorator in Victorian
Sydney by Megan Martin 4
The Archbishop’s Committee for Italian Relief during the internment
crisis in Victoria: June – December 1940 by Kate Elkner 11
Genoa to Sydney: Guglielmo Marconi and the illumination of Sydney Town
Hall in 1930 by Francesca A Musicò 18
From Molinara to Adelaide: the settlement in South Australia of a small
southern Italian community by Danielle Carr 24
Enterpreneurship and picture frame making in 19th century Australia by
Elizabeth Cant 29

January-June 2000 vol. 8 no. 1
Contents
Italian settlers in Jacksons Bay Special Settlement, New
Zealand 1875-1879: government wrong expectations and ethnic stereotypes
by Adriano Boncompagni 4
Walhalla Italians by Win Guatta 10
The Pinzone businesses in Stawell and Ararat by Joseph
Pinzone 22
Paolo Dattari, architect: a building by Ruth Dwyer 26
The scent of our island: Capoliveri, Isola d’Elba 28
Benvenuto Rossi: master of roses by Laurie Burchell 30
An Olympic event: Gualberto Gennai and the Italian national
anthem 34

August-December 1999 vol. 7 no. 2
Contents
Mr Foster was noble enough to defend our rights, often
getting himself into difficult situations: one man’s extraordinary
relationship with his Italian POWs by John Hall 9
Raffaello great works: the legacy of an Italian revolutionary to the
history of Australia by Angelo Cipullo 16
My father, Nazareno Ganino by Joseph Ganino 20

January-July 1999 vol. 7 no. 1
Contents
La dote: preparing for a family: the importance of the
dowry in the Australian Italian family Maria Tence and
Elizabeth Triarico 4
From Simonetti to Rubbo: Italian art and artists in late 19th century
Sydney Francesca A Musicò 9
The Italian Historical Society Photographic Collection by Lorenzo
Iozzi 16
An Italian in East Timor by James Panichi 27

January-December 1998 vol. 6 nos.
1-2
Contents
Strangers in a strange land: a rural community’s
experience with Italian POWs by John Hall 4
The Italian contribution to north-east Victoria by James
Gobbo 13
Sempre le montagne: early Italian settlement in north-east Victoria’s
Oven’s Valley by Jacqueline Verocchio 22
My grandfather Giovanni Roberto Merlo [Lake Eildon] by Hazel
Merlo 29
Family history: in search of a Swiss role by Allan John
Parker 40
Pierre Trudeau at the crossroads by James Panichi 45

July-December 1997 vol. 5 no. 2
Contents
Count Giovanni Pullè: a legacy of Italian immigration in
Australian history by Catherine Dewhirst 4
Paolo Dattari jewellery and the Italian Court at the Melbourne
International Exhibition of 1880-81 by Ruth Dwyer 13
The De Bolfo brothers by Tony De Bolfo 16
Emigrant ships: the Aurelia by Maria Tence 28

January-June 1997 vol. 5 no. 1
Contents
Bad press: Italian POWs in northern New South Wales
1943-1945 by John Hall 4
Memories of COASIT from 1968-1982 by Gina Triaca 11
From Sicily to Australia: the story of Vincenzo and Vincenza Dublè by
Anna Dublè 15
Emigrant ships: the Toscana by Maria Tence 19
Italians in the territory of New Guinea by Laura Mecca 21

July-December 1996 vol. 4 no. 2
Contents
Capuchins or Jesuits by Anthony Cappello 5
To honour a noted botanist: Paolo Dattari by Ruth Dwyer 11
The Altopiano: an historical outline by Patrizio Rigoni 13

January-June 1996 vol. 4 no. 1
Contents
Patrimony on parade: the collection, preservation and
exhibition of the Italo-Australian documentary heritage at the SLNSW by
Jim Andrighetti 6
Australia, the early years: 1923-1926 by Frank Provera 12
Jean Virgona: archbishop Mannix’s Italian housekeeper by Maria
Santospirito Triaca 15
Italy’s national independence for their suffering brethren at home by
Maria Tence 20
A note about copyright by Mark Donato 33

July-August 1995 vol. 3 no. 2
Contents
Report No. 2 – 31st December 1862 from James Graham,
Italian Consul-General in Melbourne 4
The Garibaldi Club: home to the Italian settlers in Wellington by Paul
Elenio 7
Brief history of the development of Italian cuisine in Australia: Part
2 by Vicki Swinbank 13
Searching for…[family history how to] by Josephine Toscano 18

March 1995 vol. 3 no. 1
Contents
Brief history of the development of Italian cuisine in
Australia: Part 1 by Vicki Swinbank 5
An exciting find: a book by Father Ottavio Barsanti, Franciscan OFM by
Laura Mecca 10
Bonegilla forty years later: some observations by Charles
D’Aprano 14
The antifascist politics of the novel Mad Meg by Sally
Morrison 17

June 1994 vol. 2 no. 1
Contents
Port Pirie’s Italians and fascism by Desmond
O’Connor 4
Bonegilla rebellions: a first-hand view by Maria Triaca 10
Little Lon by Mark Donato 14

December 1993 vol. 1 no. 2
Contents
Italian migration to Western Australia before WW1: some
observations on ethnicity and conflict by Patrick Bertola 5
Internments and Arthur Calwell: the view from Carlton by Ilma
Martinuzzi-O’Brien 11
Thank you Mirboo North: holdings of the history of Italians at the
Centre for Gippsland Studies by Meredith Fletcher 18
Memories of my grandmother Paulina Julienne Morris [nee Reanda] by
Marjorie Huntley 22

July-August 1993 vol. 1 no. 1
Contents
Italian POWs in Gippsland by Philippa Watt and Elizabeth
Brooks 5
Restless pioneers from San Giovanni Bianco by Dennis
Scandolera 9
Two cultures meet [Italians and Aborigines] by Marisa Capuana
17

December 1992 vol. 3 no. 4
Contents
Correspondence from his brother in the Valtellina to Cosimo Berti in
Victoria by Tony Pagliaro 3
Giuseppe Cantamessa by Ilma Martinuzzi-O’Brien 6

April-September 1992 vol. 3 nos. 2-3
Contents
Launching of the exhibition Bridging two worlds: Jews,
Italians and Carlton, August 1992 4
Growing up in Carlton by Teresa Pagliaro 11
Picnics at the beach by Anna Donchi Scariot 14
Pescia’s place: the Italian settlement of Carlton by Charles
D’Aprano 16
A glimpse into the life of my grandparents Matt and Mimi Vita by
Elizabeth Wilson 18
The Leone index by Bette Leone Maiuto 21

January-March 1992 vol. 3 no. 1
Contents
Proxy brides by Susi Bella Wardrop 4
Italians in the WA goldmines by Peter Bertola 6
The Assisted Passage contract described in letters written in the first
months in Australia: the case of the Berra brothers by Ilma
Martinuzzi-O’Brien 8

October-December 1991 vol. 2 no. 4
Contents
The indexing of Victorian foreign inwards passenger
records by Kathleen and Ann Gervasoni 5
Dr Soccorso Giorgio Santoro, 1902-1961 by Giorgio Romano
Santoro 7
Memories make history: how research has been conducted for an
exhibition by Fiona McFarlane 13

July-September 1991 vol. 2 no. 3
Contents
Carlton remembered by James Gobbo 5
Italian links with Kitchener’s Hundred by John C Trinca 12

April-June 1991 vol. 2 no. 2
Contents
My father Domenico Boffa by Maria Boffa 4
Internment records by Ilma Martinuzzi-O’Brien 9
An Italian in the Australian militant left 1927-1983: Luigi Stellato by
G L Abiuso 10

January-March 1991 vol. 2 no. 1
Contents
Family history: comune population registers by Ilma
Martinuzzi-O’Brien 6
Letters from Swiss-Italian immigrants in Victoria in the 19th century
by Tony Pagliaro 9

September-November 1990 vol. 1 no.
4
Contents
My mother: la mamma degli italiani by Maria Santospirito
Triaca 6
Italians and Swiss-Italians in Victoria in the 1860s by Bette Leone
Maiuto 11

May-June 1990 vol. 1 no. 3
Contents
The story of Lorenzo Pensini Senior by Emilia Giuditta
Pensini 5
How will a certificate help my family history research? by Bette Leone
Maiuto 11

February 1990 vol. 1 no. 2
Contents
From Casa d’Italia to COASIT: the story of COASIT by
James Gobbo 3
The Leone and Pascale families by Bette Leone Maiuto 7
Australian naturalisation and immigration records by Bette Leone
Maiuto 11

November 1989 vol. 1 no. 1
Contents
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Books and CDs
You can buy the following books and teaching
materials about Italian migration from the Italian Historical Society.
You can either visit us or mail us a cheque or postal order made out to
the Italian Historical Society - COASIT. All prices are inclusive of
GST. Contact details are at the bottom of this page.

Bella Wardrop, S 1996, By proxy: a
study of Italian proxy brides in Australia, Italian Historical Society
- COASIT, Melbourne, Carlton. Paperback, photographs, 84 pages [English
text]. Available from the IHS A$11.00 plus postage.
Proxy marriages were common among the Italian-born living in Australia
from the 1920s to the late 1960s. During this period, the majority of
Italian migrants were young, single men. While some married women of
Irish or German heritage, most men preferred to marry someone from
their own village or region. For single women in Italy, proxy marriage
often represented an opportunity to escape poverty, repression and
boredom. This book features interviews with proxy brides and grooms who
talk about their reasons for choosing marriage by proxy, how their
relationships grew through several years of correspondence, and the
experience of travelling to a new land and building a life together.
Not all the stories have positive outcomes and the interviewees speak
candidly about the challenges they faced. Illustrated with black and
white photographs.


Church, J 2005, Per l'Australia: the story of Italian migration,
Miegunyah Press, MUP, Victoria. Hardback, maps and photographs, 248
pages [English and Italian text]. Available from all good bookshops and
direct from IHS
Since its launch in mid-2005, Per l'Australia has earned a wide
readership among students of history, migrants and the general public.
The Newcastle Herald said 'The photographs will win your heart in this
big, warm book that celebrates the lives and experiences of Italian
Australians...' The Sydney Sun-Herald voted Per l'Australia No. 4 in
its Top 10 History listing and before the end of 2005 the book went
into its second edition. This story of resourcefulness, struggle and
achievement, written in both English and Italian, draws on the
extensive collection of photographs, documents, objects and oral
histories housed at the Italian Historical Society - COASIT, Melbourne.
The book celebrates the significant contribution Italian migrants have
made to their adopted home since the arrival of the First Fleet.
Schools can also purchase our CD Per l’Australia
education guide for VCE
Italian, as well as SOSE and English (Middle and Lower Years). The
guide was produced in association with
Rosaria Zarro, COASIT Education Officer—Italian, Museum Victoria.


Stephens, F 1999, Interned and
out: the work of the Italian painter Cesare Vagarini at POW Camp 3,
Tatura, during World War II, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Victoria.
Paperback, photographs and illustrations, 28 pages [English text].
Available from the IHS A$11.00 plus postage.
The painter Cesare Vagarini was interned in Australia as an enemy alien
in 1941. He and his wife were among several thousand enemy civilians
living in British protectorates at the outbreak of World War II. This
catalogue, produced by the Benalla Art Gallery to support their
travelling exhibition of the same name, includes a brief history of the
life of the artist prior to his capture in Palestine in 1941, as well
as his time in detention in Australia. Included are black and white and
colour reproductions of the works he produced while in detention and
those completed prior to his death in 1990 in San Gimignano, Italy.


Ware, H 1981, A profile of the
Italian community in Australia, Australian Institute of Multicultural
Affairs, Melbourne and COASIT - Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria.
Paperback, illustrated with tables, 122 pages [English text]. Available
from the IHS A$11.00 plus postage.
This joint project between COASIT Italian Assistance Association -
Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs was
commissioned to obtain a comprehensive picture of the Italian
community. Author, Dr Helen Ware of the Australian National University,
uses demographic data on Italians from the 1976 Census to examine
aspects of Italian migration and settlement from the 1800s to the mass
migrations of the 1950s and 1960s. Also analysed are the educational
backgrounds of first and subsequent generations, language use,
citizenship issues, migrants and their offspring in the workforce, and
the distribution of Italian populations across Australian states.

Italian Historical Society—COASIT, Melbourne
189 Faraday Street, Carlton
VIC Australia 3053
Tel: 61+ (0)3 9349 9020
Fax: 61+ (0)3 9349 9091
Email: ihs@coasit.com.au

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