Click any of the date tabs below to find out what events shaped a particular decade and the context of the Veneti and other market gardeners on Frogmore and Findon Roads.
Italy
Post WWI disruption to economy
Poverty
Rise of Fascism
- 1922 – Mussolini marches on Rome
USA
1924 – Immigration Act restricted numbers of immigrants obtaining visas & meant Italians emigrated to Australia and other countries
Australia
1920s migration campaign brought nearly 300,00 British people to Australia
1923 – Work begins to build Parliament House, Canberra
South Australia
1921 Population – 500,000+
1926 – Holden moved to Woodville
Returned soldiers provided with soldier settler blocks near River Torrens
- Jim Ballantyne was allocated a soldier settler’s block of seven and a half acres right on the River Torrens on the western side of River Road, St James Park, now known as Findon Road, Kidman Park.
- Reg West was allocated a 11.5 acre soldier settler block on Valetta Road, St James Park, now known as Kidman Park.
Pioneer Market Gardeners
Pioneer families begin to arrive .
- 1926 Marchioros arrive from the Veneto, Italy
- 1927 Men arrive in Adelaide from Veneto:
- Ballestrin x 3
- Berno x 2
- Marchioro
- Piovesan
- Rebuli x 3
- Santin
- Tonellato
- Zalunardo
Italy
Italy suffered from the worldwide depression.
The Government responded by increasing public spending.
New public buildings were erected.
Roads and other public works were created
USA
1929 Wall Street Crash – affected
1930s – poor economy and unemployment
Australia
1929 – 1932 – Great Depression
1932 – 20% reduction in Government spending
1932 – about 30% unemployment
1932 – Sydney harbour Bridge opened
Resentment of migrants taking jobs
1939 Declaration of WWII
South Australia
1930 Unemployment Relief Council established
1931 – new city bridge across the River Torrens
1936 – Centenary of SA celebrated
937 SA Housing Trust established
Pioneer Market Gardeners
Children born: Ballestrin and Piovesan
Italy
1941 Italy joined war with Germany
USA
1941 – USA enters WWII
Australia
1941 – First child endowment paid
1941 – single & married men called up to serve
1942 – Rationing begins
1945 – War ends
South Australia
Development of manufacturing – munitions
1942 – Loveday internment camp set up
Internment of Italians – enemy aliens
1946 – Loveday camp closed
1948 – Full-scale production of Holden begins
Pioneer Market Gardeners
Land leased –Frogmore, Findon, Valetta and Grange Roads
Marriages of children: Santin and Tonellato
Children born: Marchioro
Children growing up
Italy
Effects of War – poverty , lack of employment
Emigration
USA
Involved in Korean War
1955 Vietnam war begins
Space Race
Australia
1950 – Basic wage increased by £1
1950 – petrol, butter & tea rationing ends
1951 – National Service begins
1957 – severe drought
1959- Aust population reaches 10 million
South Australia
Post War economic development & immigration
1953 – Port Pirie – first country town proclaimed a city
1954 Queen Elizabeth Hospital named during her visit to Adelaide
1955 – Adelaide Airport opens
1955 – Town of Elizabeth officially opened
Pioneer Market Gardeners
Families begin to buy leaseholds & expand gardens
Children born: Berno
Grandchildren born: Santin and Tonellato
Italy
Rise of the left-wing movement
1968 student unrest
USA
John F Kennedy elected President
John F Kennedy assassinated
Rise of Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King assassinated
Apollo moon program
Nixon ends Vietnam War
Moon Landing
Australia
1966 – Decimal currency introduced
1966 – First conscripts fly to Vietnam
1967 National Referendum Aboriginal people included in Census 90% say ‘yes’ in Referendum
South Australia
1963 – Population passes 1 million
1963 – School leaving age increase to 15 years
1965 – First Labor Government elected since 1933
1967 – ‘Report on the Metropolitan Area of Adelaide – influences planning of suburban areas
Pioneer Market Gardeners
Some of the pioneer families buy land at Bolivar & move there
First subdivisions occur – Frogmore and Findon Roads