The feature photo is an article about the Veneto market gardeners’ oral history project and some interviews that were used in an exhibition at the Migration Museum in Adelaide. The article was published in the Italian national newspaper, Il Globo, 25 February 2016.
Remembering
As a year ends, we often reflect on events and significant occasions that we have experienced.
This year there have been a number of significant events associated with the Veneto community in South Australia.
In May the Veneto Club celebrated its 50-year history with a wonderful dinner and nearly 600 guests. It was a time to remember the hard work of the many volunteers who had contributed their time and labour to building the Club at Beverley. People were delighted to honour the Foundation members and the countless social functions, sports competitions and other events hosted at the Club.
Another anniversary in May marked 10 years of the Veneto market gardeners’ website and its stories of families who migrated from the Veneto region beginning in the 1920s.
It is nearly 100 years ago since the first of the Veneto market gardener families and relatives arrived in Adelaide. Francesco and Margherita Marchioro arrived together as a young couple with a six-month old daughter in March 1926 and Domenico Rossetto arrived in February the same year.
Blogs in 2024
Descendants of the first generation contribute to the website through writing or collaborating in the publication of blogs. In 2024, eight blogs were about different families and members contributed their stories.
In this final post of the year, you will be able to link to the various blogs provided by relatives and read them again if you wish. To access a blog below, click on the heading within the box and it will take you to the page.
The Battistello story and the Veneto Club by Alessia Basso:
The 50 year anniversary of the Veneto Club:
It’s your homeland – Tina Mazzarino:
Albino Rebuli, my Dad – Elena Rebuli:
Lea and Orlando Tonellato – Leanne Toscano nee Tonellato:
The power of a dream – Duilio Caon:
From the West End – Nives Caon nee Cescato:
The nativity scene – Irene Zampin and the Trevisani nel Mondo Christmas picnic – Anna Mechis nee Rebellato
With thanks…
Thank you to all the contributors in 2024 who have helped to make the Veneto market gardeners’ website interactive and thought-provoking. The blogs offer insights into the circumstances of different families in their stories of migration and settlement – they form an archive of Veneto migration history in South Australia.
If you would like to contribute your family story to the website, please contact me to organise a blog in 2025.
Thank you to Michael Campbell for managing the website and thank you to the Veneto Club Inc., Adelaide for funding the annual costs of the website.
With best wishes for a happy New Year.
Auguri di buon anno.
Madeleine Regan
29 December 2024