Studi Emigrazione – settembre 1998 – n.131
In Australia, Italians are the largest group of non-British origin. The latest Census figures show that more than 250,000 Italian-born are residents of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1996).
Due to the discovery of gold in the Western Australian goldfields, from the turn of the century onwards, Western Australia became the main destination of Italian migration in the country. While in 1891 only 36 Italians were officially listed as living there, they increased to 1,354 in 1901 ancl almost 2,000 in 1921, although the arrivals of Italian nationals for the same periocl was over 17,000 (Borrie, 1954). This is due to the fact that – as Borrie points out – the ” … immigration of almost 18,000 Italians … was accompanied by an emigration of not less than 10,000 … There is evidence that many genuine settlers returned temporarily to Italy after working a few years in Australia” (Borrie, 1954, 52).
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Comunità toscane all’estero, Adriano Boncompagni, pag. 545
Los exiliados no somos de ningun lugar, Oscar Àlvarez Git, pag. 549
Recensioni – Segnalazioni – Rassegna delle riviste, pag. 558