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FRANCESE, Pietro

11 April 1900 – 1 April 1987

Origin Melicucca, Italy
First settled in Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation in Australia Farmer

REGINA D'ITALIA

Departure Port Naples
Arrival Year 1925

Fremantle

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Bought land & became a potato farmer in Nooje, Victoria. Brought his wife MariaRosa & son Domonic from Italy. Had a further five children, John, Charles, Mary (settled in Perth), Patricia & Joseph. Dairy farmed at Orbost, East Gippsland before retiring in Geelong, Victoria.

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