Mangiavacchi - Letter, 8 April 1956
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Title
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Mangiavacchi - Letter, 8 April 1956
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Subject
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Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
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Italy--Emigration and immigration
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Personal narratives
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Italian letters
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Correspondence
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New South Wales--History
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Category
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5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
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Author
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Mangiavacchi, Vasco
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Current holder
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Albury Library Museum
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Date
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April 8, 1956
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Item number
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ARM 18.809.01
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Access rights
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Digitised
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Country of origin
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Australia
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Language
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Italian
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English
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Description from source
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A letter written in Italian using blue ink on unlined paper aerogramme. The letter was written at the Railway Hostel at Leichhardt in Sydney. Written by Vasco Mangiavacchi to his mother in Montepulciano, Italy, the letter describes his first day at work as a bricklayer with the NSW Government Railways, and also meeting up with other acquaintances from Italy living in Sydney.
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Related resources
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2877/
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2878/
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2879/
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2881/