We grow here

Australia, 1988

Film
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Episode of Series “Australian mosaic”.
Interviews with Sicilian migrants who ended up making the lush lands of Northern Queensland their home. The men and women describe the hardship of their lives in Sicily, talk about their initial impressions on arrival in Australia and explore their sometimes ambivalent attachments to their two “homelands”.

Credits

producer/director

Kerry O'Rourke

production company

SBS-TV

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

Appears in

Australian mosaic

Group of items

Australian mosaic

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304431

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Italians - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Italians - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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