Ethnic identity in Italo-Australian family history: A case study of Giovanni Pullè, his legacies and his transformations of ethnicity over 125 years
PhD Thesis
Dewhirst, Catherine. 2003. Ethnic identity in Italo-Australian family history: A case study of Giovanni Pullè, his legacies and his transformations of ethnicity over 125 years. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. Queensland University of Technology.
| Title | Ethnic identity in Italo-Australian family history: A case study of Giovanni Pullè, his legacies and his transformations of ethnicity over 125 years |
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| Type | PhD Thesis |
| Authors | Dewhirst, Catherine |
| Supervisor | |
| 1. First | Gary Ianziti |
| 2. Second | Cameron Hazlehurst |
| Institution of Origin | Queensland University of Technology |
| Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Year | 2003 |
| Publisher | Queensland University of Technology |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| Web Address (URL) | https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36404/ |
| Abstract | In the second half of the nineteenth century, Australia became a destination for hundreds and thousands of Italians as a result of Italy's first modem diaspora. Those who immigrated between the 1850s and 1914 came from diverse backgrounds - socially, culturally, politically, economically, regionally and linguistically. For a minority group, their regional diversity was still quite vast. While in Australia this earlier group was numerically minute in terms of those received by other countries and in comparison with the second half of the twentieth century, these Italians represented a strongly visual and vocal presence in colonial and post-Federation society. Indeed, increasing demographically at a higher rate than any other migrant group after the British (Anglo-Celtic immigrants) at the tum of the twentieth century, Italian migrants offered a new social and economic component in Australia, becoming entwined into the fabric of a developing nation (Castles et al. 1992; Jupp 1988c; Templeton 1998). More than a century since, Australian society has undergone numerous transformations from its development as a nation and in response to world events. The lives of Italian migrants and their descendants bear witness to many of these changes. But, both historical and theoretical approaches fail to explain the significance of the inheritances from a migrant past. This research project takes up the task of examining the legacies of the Italo-Australian presence during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the impact these migrants made on, and their response to, the trajectories of Australian migration history since the 1870s until today. In the process, it reflects the evolution of Italian ethnicity. |
| Keywords | Italian Australians; Immigrants Australia; thesis; doctoral |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
| 430308. European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman) | |
| 430399. Historical studies not elsewhere classified | |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
| Centre for Heritage and Culture |
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