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CIRCOSTA, Virginia

Origin Placanica, (Calabria) Italy
Accompanying Family Adolf Circosta (brother)
First settled in Swan Valley, WA
Original Occupation None
Occupation in Australia Housewife/Textile Factory Worker

AL SUDAN

Departure Port Marseille
Arrival Year 1948

Fremantle

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Father of Virginia, Illario Circosta migrated in 1929. Due to the outbreak of war, it took him a period of 20 years to bring out his wife and 5 children. Bought bushland in the Swan Valley which he and his sons eventually cleared and planted his vineyard.

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