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DE ROSA, Concetta & Celia

28 December 1905 – 5 December 1984
Born 24 January 1926

Origin Vasto, Italia
First settled in Hamel, WA
Original Occupation Concetta - seamstress
Occupation in Australia Concetta - home duties, Consiglia - sales assistant, home duties

OTRANTO

Departure Port Napoli (Naples)
Arrival Year 1934

Fremantle

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First female migrants to leave Vasto for Australia. The excitement of being reunited as a family was tempered with the desolation of losing a loving support system - a community of close knit relatives and neighbours, knowing that the chances of ever seeing one another again were extremely remote.

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