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SCALI, Ferdinando

2 December 1916 – 14 September 1989

Origin Placanica, Reggio Calabria, Italy
First settled in Perth, WA
Original Occupation Woodline Worker
Occupation in Australia Woodchopper & Railway Worker

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Departure Port Messina
Arrival Year 1952

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This generation left their homeland as there were no employment opportunities. Australia being a young country, job opportunities were abundant. Ferdinando left his family, a wife Teresa & five children, Maria, Caterina, Giuseppe, Cosimo & Francesco, so he could lay the foundation for a better life for them all. After four years, his family joined him in Western Australia.

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