‘I buy this piece of ground here’: An Italian market-gardener community in Adelaide, 1920s–1970s

2024/10/14 by Madeleine Regan · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies #Italian Fascism and Post-war Society

paper · doi:10.22459/ibpgh.2025

openalex publication_date 2024/10/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/12/27

Abstract

‘I buy this piece of ground here’ is a group biography that examines the lives and work of a cohort of Italian migrant families from the Veneto region who arrived in Australia in the 1920s and formed a new community and identity as market gardeners in outer suburban Adelaide.

Citations

• Paramilitary Violence and Fascism: Imaginaries and Practices of Squadrismo, 1919–1925

Discussions

• ‘“I buy this piece of ground here”: An Italian market-gardener community in Adelaide, 1920s–1970s’ explores the experiences of a group of Veneto migrants who built a close-knit community as market gar [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]

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