Stylish batsman the clothes the sunglasses the cigarette What Italians could bring to cricket
@MarieMinshull-t3r
6 ай бұрын
Of course times have changed i came to Australia in 1966 of course it was a different time
@johngiuliani1257
7 ай бұрын
I visited Bonegilla migrant camp today I stood and sat in the same places dining room recreation room gardens and path ways as my parents did some 68 years ago I couldn’t help but think of the debt we owe them and all the migrants who have come to this land and made it their home It’s a debt we will never be able to pay As I watch this video I see the joy and the happiness and laughter that after the difficult early days and all the heartache and pain of separation it’s nice to see it was all worth it Thankyou for this priceless beautiful moving reminder of such an important and loving part of our past
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
They had gathered on this day for a grand Italiano lunch after which they were going to concrete the back yard !!!😅😂🤣 The post war Italians really embraced being part of Aust. society and were good guys to work with and could have fun and have thoughtful conversations generally... Also, in this area was a large Italian migrant population and they really embraced Aussie Rules... The one song i was expecting to here at the end was, "We are the navy blues, we are the old dark navy blues"😊
@elizabethdjokovic2691
10 ай бұрын
Those were the days.
@mjames4709
11 ай бұрын
God bless those Italian migrants who came to Melbourne post war and made (and continue) a great contribution to Melbourne life. Something other groups could learn from.
@philharnett2884
11 ай бұрын
Those Italian cricket players are priceless. I've had a long time love affair with Italian culture and people. Along with Greeks, the most hospitable and accepting friends I've ever had.
@nathana7593
Жыл бұрын
Such beautiful footage. Thankyou for sharing this
@anonymousr1918
Жыл бұрын
My Nonna came to Melbourne in 1955.
@abramo351ierardo7
2 жыл бұрын
This just about brings a tear to my eye my first memories of Australia .. LYGON St
@MarieMinshull-t3r
6 ай бұрын
Lot of dodgey things go on in Lygon street Melbourne 😢
@mishakolomoicev9701
3 жыл бұрын
Flamin dagoes taking over the joint.
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
Ya spelt dagoes wrong ya mug😅😂🤣
@johngiuliani9887
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Luca Are you on face book I loved this video and would love some more info on it Kind regards John
@LucaGonano
3 жыл бұрын
Hi John - sorry, I only just saw this. My email address is [email protected] if you want to send me a message.
@noproblem2big337
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they realized then... that back yard in Carlton must be worth megabucks
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
The Italians probably did but the average Aussie was not that forward thinking or materially minded... Italians had hundreds of years experience on working out how to survive !!!
@LilacDaisy2
5 жыл бұрын
My mum's neighbors were Italian when she was 15 in the 60's. Her parents made a talking point about them eating garlic, it was so new to the country, haha. Mum had a crush on the eldest, Bruno -- one year older than her -- whom she kissed (and still says he was the _best_ kisser!). But she was just one of many girls who liked him, and he knew it. After they kissed through her bedroom window, he said, "Come down to the creek with me," but Mum knew what happened to girls with Bruno down at the creek. Bruno's poor brother Walter was a year younger than Mum and had a crush on her. Their mother never learnt English, so the boys translated for her all the time. My Nanna told Mum, "Don't you ever marry an Italian. They have big tempers." When I told Mum in the 80's that I liked Italians with blue eyes, she told me the same thing, haha. Funny thing is, she married my dad whose mother is from Venice, and he has a huge temper.
@hardishpan
5 жыл бұрын
That's why we have so many Italian places on Lygon Street :D
@MrSicc274
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video. Part Italian from NZ
@vinorob
5 жыл бұрын
As a kid growing up in inner Melbourne I learnt to swear and curse in Italian and Greek as well as I could in English. Great times.
@davedrewett2196
4 жыл бұрын
Haha me too. Nafus shatta hahahaha
@tobo26
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@myopinion138
6 жыл бұрын
Dont forget the Greeks lol
@deborahshah9066
7 жыл бұрын
mio padre nacque qua
@robertgrant1837
7 жыл бұрын
they expanded our taste for good wine & food we will always be grateful, for that well I will be that's for sure
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
Not to forget garlic !!!😅😂🤣
@susomedin5770
7 жыл бұрын
Southeuropeans have been discriminated, beaten, even murdered in Australia for decades. Dont forget
@tripsadelica
7 жыл бұрын
Where did you get that little nugget of information? From a crystal ball? Sure, Italians experienced racism in the early 50s right up to the early 70s...especially in the cities, but by and large it was fairly innocuous and involved the odd silly (or drunk) Anglo Aussie using the term "wog" in not very nice ways. In the countryside Anglo Aussies were far more accepting and discrimination was largely unknown. Mostly Italian Australians did very well in cities, especially Melbourne. They worked bloody hard to build their own homes (which popularised "brick veneer" construction) and educate their kids. Generally their kids went on to better things, becoming teachers, doctors, lawyers ...etc... For me this film brings back many happy memories and some poignant memories of my much-loved mum and dad who were Italian migrants arriving in Australia in the 50s. They too worked very hard (my father working up to 18 hours a day) to establish themselves and, more importantly, give us kids a brighter future. My heart aches with memories of backyard barbecues, making tomato paste, mum crushing and pickling olives and then making Grispeli. They are gone now...part of the soil of their new homeland. They were proud to call themselves "New Australians" but did not forget their heritage as I have not forgotten it, even though I love my country, Australia, with every fibre of my being.
@tripsadelica
7 жыл бұрын
Yep...I could have recounted all of that to you without all the verbosity. The racist acts prior to WWII were isolated to parts of Western Australia and Queensland. The larger cities saw precious little of this behaviour.
A fantastic collection of home movies. I enjoyed this immensely. Nice work. :-)
@lenglish4613
9 жыл бұрын
The Europeans are what made Australia! They bought coffee, food and culture to this Country :)
@annamarie3329
7 жыл бұрын
L English. Yes, very much so
@christinejackson3922
6 жыл бұрын
L English I grew up in Oak Park ( suburb of Melbourne) and remember the "new"Australians they lived next door down the street and across the road and guess what !!! We all got along what happened to those days ???
@Todo_fighting
6 жыл бұрын
Christine Jackson what happened
@christinejackson3922
6 жыл бұрын
manolete 46 I wish I knew maybe we don’t respect each other any more
@murray7584
6 жыл бұрын
L English contributed
@AliceCardosoblogdatuca
9 жыл бұрын
ITALIAN 1960
@trevorwykes3289
9 жыл бұрын
What a gem of a find!
@Residualshanty
10 жыл бұрын
carlton, a dream, was then- is now. little italy forever
@mariamorizzi6519
4 жыл бұрын
Lets hope it continues to e the same Intil to this day when i am in the city i always go to my favorite restaurant Totos pizzaria this year is my fiftieth year that i have had lunch at Totos
@SockABusta
10 жыл бұрын
Sad to see how shit Melbourne is now. These were the good days..
@Todo_fighting
6 жыл бұрын
SockABusta why shit ?
@tonywethereld7429
6 жыл бұрын
My wife (Greek) and I (Aussie but with many ethnic friends) lived there in the 60's and 70's which is over 40 years ago now. We went back a few years ago (now living in Brisbane - with stints in the UAE) and both lamented how it had lost its innocence and special feel. There appears to far more gang-related violence and many people we met were off-hand to us, and there seemed to be little 'sense of community' anymore there. It is easy to look back and think everything was much better, but this is usually invalid, however the place certainly does seem to have gone 'downhill'.
@frannynet553
5 жыл бұрын
@@tonywethereld7429 Melbourne looks like freakin Bangkok
@kanga1234567
4 жыл бұрын
@Pat Morac Not at all
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
@@Todo_fighting... Try Daniel Sandshoes
@HRnajbolje
10 жыл бұрын
How life should be!
@LucaGonano
11 жыл бұрын
It's a pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
@tramvinicyus2
11 жыл бұрын
Luca I MUST COME BACK!!!! I felt in love with Melbourne (last time was in 2009-2010) but sooner or later i'll come back Vinicio from Rome
@LucaGonano
11 жыл бұрын
Hi Gezza1967. This was played just off University Street, in between Rathdowne Street and Drummond Street.
@Gezza1967
11 жыл бұрын
I went to St Georges only for a couple of weeks in 1979. Where was the cricket match played in Carlton?
@barbs19788
12 жыл бұрын
Great footage! My dad came to Melbourne in 61 from Italy and this kind of gives me an insight to what life was like back then and what he got up to as a young man coming to a very strange and foreign land.
@ForgingMyLife
7 жыл бұрын
My dad came in 1963.
@LaDolceItaliaAus
12 жыл бұрын
"The first and only Italian lifestyle event in Australia" Come to see La Dolce Italia, Melbourne 10-11-12 August 2012
@broderickwallis25
8 ай бұрын
Where can I get tickets !!!😂😅🤣
@cessorino
12 жыл бұрын
This brings back great memories, i grew up in Carlton in the 60s. Actually I went to school with your dad at St.Georges. Thanks Luca......................Rino Ingenito
@kanga1234567
12 жыл бұрын
Italians contributed so much to the culture and vibrancy of Melbourne and help make the city what it is now!
@BarrytheRed1
13 жыл бұрын
I don't know you but I'd like to add my thanks too. It's wonderful footage and brings back very fond memories of my many Italian friedns and especially my next door neighbours in Shamrock Street, West Brunswick, where I resided for about thirty years from 1954. The Italians have a significant history in Australia and this footage is part of it.
@marisabottari
13 жыл бұрын
Grazie Franco & Luca....so many memories that we can NOW relive I can't thankyou enough ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Marisa Bottari....the little one with the bowl haircut :)
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