Bianca Giudici
| First name | Bianca |
|---|---|
| Last name | Giudici |
| Country of Origin | Italy |
| Date of Birth | 9/6/1930 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1956 |
| Submitted by | Bianca Giudici |
Story
Reason for leaving homeland
Italy after the Second World War was a devastated Country with a grim future and a little hope for young people to get a job. I had a nursing certificate. Emigration was open to come to Australia….and I took the plunge!
About the Journey
I left Trieste, my home town on the 23-12-1956, Christmas time! The ship was the ‘TOSCANELLI’\’ I was sponsored by my fiancŽ who came to Australia four years before. The journey took 26 days and was quite pleasant. We touched such places as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Perth and finally Melbourne. There where quite a few ‘brides to be’ on board, we all shared the excitement of our situation and wondered about our future in the ‘promised land’.
The impressions I got on my arrival in this Country was of a colony thriving under the ‘petticoat’ of mother England. We all brought something from our countries of origin which contributed to make the Australia of today: multiculturalism.
I was married immediately the ship docked that day. We went to live in Kennedy\’s Creek, in the Western District of Victoria. After four years of permanent residence I become an ‘Australian Citizen’. We bought an allotment of 200 acres of bushland, partially cleared, and developed it into a dairy farm. It took a lot of hard work and willpower! We left the farm after 27 years of successful farming and moved to Geelong, where our daughter Christine could further her education at Deakin University.
I found a job as an interpreter of the Italian language and furthered my education ( I attended three different courses every week for a long time). I belonged to the Telephone Interpreter Service ( T.I.S. ) and was employed by the Federal and State Governments. I worked for the Community in Geelong (Migrant Resource Centre) as a social worker and interpreter. I also taught Italian for ten years. Throughout my work I had the opportunity to meet with various government representatives of the time, an invitation to the Government House to meet the Queen, Elizabeth II, who came to Geelong to open a multicultural exhibition which I was involved in.
Let\’s respect these differences for the Best future of Australia, our children and the grandchildren.
Thank you, Australia for this great project.
I dedicate this story to my Country of adoption and to my granddaughter Amy.