Documents relating to the Bonollo family : printed, manuscript, photographs, 1921-1997

Item

Title
Documents relating to the Bonollo family : printed, manuscript, photographs, 1921-1997
Subject
Emigration and immigration
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Italy--Emigration and immigration
Immigrants' writings, Italian
Italian diaries
Military history
Victoria--History
Business records
Correspondence
Category
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Creator
Emilio and Nella Bonollo
Current holder
State Library of Victoria
Period of reference 
1921 – 1997
Date
January 1, 1921
Series number
MS 15440
Item number
9930924923607636
Access rights
Request at location
Rights 
Copyright Undetermined
Country of origin
Australia
Italy
Language 
Italian
English
Description from source
3 linear metres. Finding aid available for reference.

A collection of documents charting the love story of Emilio and Nella Bonollo, both from Vicenza, Veneto. The couple began a courtship by correspondence when the young Emilio migrated to Australia in 1927. Nella accepted Emilio's written proposal and was married by proxy 5 years later, arriving in Australia in 1931. Husband and wife continued their correspondence during forced periods of separation, first when Emilio travelled the country in search of work and later when he served in the Australian Armed Forces during World War II. The material, in Italian and English, includes: personal and official correspondence; diaries; photographs; and business and migration records.e.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Letters
Diaries
Photographs
Typescripts
Records