Italian Life In Melbourne - early 1960s

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  • @TheSpacefanric
    @TheSpacefanric 26 днів тому +47

    My nonna brought one of the first espresso machines to australia & to the family shop in carlton in 1954. Mum & her 3 sisters worked in the shop as young woman & were a part of the cultural change Italians & espresso coffee had on australia. Mum passed a few weeks ago aged 92. God bless the Italians for giving us kids a better life.

    • @lostinvictory8526
      @lostinvictory8526 23 дні тому +7

      Yes, they have blessed us with a wonderful place to grow up. I am more and more realizing that we are loosing that generation, the generation that came over, nearly all gone. I suppose the best we can do for them is to tell their stories to our children.

    • @tonycostanzo4276
      @tonycostanzo4276 23 дні тому +3

      you just made me cry

    • @lostinvictory8526
      @lostinvictory8526 23 дні тому +5

      @@tonycostanzo4276 I know mate. We have the immigration museum, but maybe a monument in Lygon St wouldn't be too much as well? When I was in Italy I saw a statue dedicated "A I Fratteli Immigrati". It was all grey stone - a man with an old fashioned suticase with the straps around it, looking to the future, and a little girl clinging to his leg". Something like that but arriving off the ship?

    • @rencelani-ty2sc
      @rencelani-ty2sc 12 днів тому +1

      Bravo to you and you family and memories of being a part of our Italian community and thank all of them who have been ! And for giving us the Espresso Machine and all of the other food and drink and culture it has helped us become bloody awesome 🍷🍺🛠️🇨🇮🥟

    • @marylacapp7262
      @marylacapp7262 9 днів тому

      🙌🙏👏Thank you.

  • @tonycostanzo4276
    @tonycostanzo4276 23 дні тому +19

    I was brought up in westgarth Northcote i had 5 uncles and aunties live in the same street we had parties almost every day and night ,especially when they made salamis ,tomato sauce ,in the summer we had barbecues parties .i was born in 1960 in Carlton woman's hospita
    i miss those days .they were the best days of my life

    • @Kwanglebeh
      @Kwanglebeh 23 дні тому +3

      I was born in 61 and we lived on South Cres Westgarth until late 67. I'm not Italian myself but have Italian cousins and relatives. The memories of Sunday visits and family celebrations with our Italian friends and family in the 60s & 70s are golden.

    • @tonycostanzo4276
      @tonycostanzo4276 11 днів тому

      @ first i was in walker street were the canons are on high street then later in 1970 we moved to cunningham street. i was the herald paper seller on the corner of high st and westgarth street ,in 1972

  • @philharnett2884
    @philharnett2884 Рік тому +25

    Those Italian cricket players are priceless. I've had a long time love affair with Italian culture and people. Along with Greeks, the most hospitable and accepting friends I've ever had.

    • @Ozi_Land
      @Ozi_Land 21 день тому +3

      Italians yes

    • @paulsz6194
      @paulsz6194 17 днів тому

      Well, unlike some others, at least they gave the Aussie sport a go, even if it was completely foreign to them!

  • @silvanatsipiras5245
    @silvanatsipiras5245 16 днів тому +10

    Lovely video..thanks for sharing. Made me cry thinking about "the good old days"
    My parents migrated from Catanzaro in the early '60s. How hard it must've been for all migrants & yet they moved forward & did their best for us. Bless them ❤

  • @soniacollicoat
    @soniacollicoat 18 днів тому +14

    I lived all of this as I came with my parents in 1956. I'm so proud of my Italian background and though I got a lot of flack and called names when we first arrived, we persevered and it is now something to be proud of to be called Italian.

    • @jlhpi568
      @jlhpi568 17 днів тому +2

      I also came in 1956 on board the Neptunia I was 5 years of age. This video brought back many memories and the songs were and still are amazing. Thank you Luca I am grateful. Many Blessings to all!!

    • @soniacollicoat
      @soniacollicoat 17 днів тому +1

      @jlhpi568 we came on the Toscana from Trieste.

    • @katiedeluise2345
      @katiedeluise2345 15 днів тому +3

      ​@@jlhpi568Hi I also arrived in Melbourne Australia at age 5 but with the ship Toscana , and we ended up in Ballarat. But am now back in Italy it's going on to 6 years now , even though Italy is beautiful were ever one looks ,but I do miss Australia 🦘. And I still call Australia home . Ciao .

    • @katiedeluise2345
      @katiedeluise2345 15 днів тому +2

      @@soniacollicoat I was born in Muggia Trieste. But was to little when we left for Australia. We have been there a few times now and loved to see were my Mother was born , she talked about it so much , but never got to see it again.

  • @BasicMottle
    @BasicMottle День тому

    That was just beautiful. Everyone with either a drink or a smoke in hand (or both), the family atmosphere, the love & laughter, playing cricket, homemade sausages, what an amazing blend of traditional Italian culture with the adopted country. Bravo!!!

  • @johngiuliani1257
    @johngiuliani1257 11 місяців тому +11

    I visited Bonegilla migrant camp today
    I stood and sat in the same places dining room recreation room gardens and path ways as my parents did some 68 years ago
    I couldn’t help but think of the debt we owe them and all the migrants who have come to this land and made it their home
    It’s a debt we will never be able to pay
    As I watch this video I see the joy and the happiness and laughter that after the difficult early days and all the heartache and pain of separation it’s nice to see it was all worth it
    Thankyou for this priceless beautiful moving reminder of such an important and loving part of our past

  • @WarriorsSon
    @WarriorsSon 22 дні тому +7

    My Grandfahter came over from Sicily in the 30's and had a farm at menzies creek. The house they eventually settled in at Gembrook was in the family until the late 90's. Many of his relatives lived in the city. Thx for the time capsule.

    • @SallyIronic
      @SallyIronic 21 день тому +2

      There was an old Italian guy who was bored so he used to sell his eggs along side the road in a corner in Gembrook, he is long gone now around the late 90's, but every time I go around that corner I think of him. He still wore a 1940's hat.

    • @WarriorsSon
      @WarriorsSon 21 день тому +2

      @@SallyIronic Yes heaps of sellers along the road down that way in those times., fruit ,egg and milk people. My mum told me about the night man too who would service all the outside toilets in that area . Local characters that we wont have ever again. My grandfather wore his trilby for city trips even into the 80's-he was a potato farmer.

  • @ionzaharia5078
    @ionzaharia5078 16 днів тому +5

    Italians are so talented people , respect for them and what they have brought to the world and this country !

  • @MauriceForbes-f4o
    @MauriceForbes-f4o 13 днів тому +2

    Two lovely Italian ladies,Rita and her sister from Brunswick used to come to a Melbourne car auction I went to , they made the lunch and beautiful Italian salads , I bought them a present one year in appreciation , the smiles they gave me when they found out it was me was worth any gift I could have given them 🤷‍♂️🙋🏼💜💙😃

  • @Ozi_Land
    @Ozi_Land 21 день тому +18

    No dumb phones, no massive headphones covering their ears, people socialising in person, talking, playing sport, looking up and being aware of their surroundings.

    • @sarinabond7738
      @sarinabond7738 15 днів тому +3

      That was the real live simple lots of fun and real conversations with real people

    • @Ozi_Land
      @Ozi_Land 8 днів тому +1

      @ Are you kidding, there are millions, and getting more each week.

  • @mjames4709
    @mjames4709 Рік тому +23

    God bless those Italian migrants who came to Melbourne post war and made (and continue) a great contribution to Melbourne life. Something other groups could learn from.

    • @RobbiRocks
      @RobbiRocks 23 дні тому +4

      This is great &totaly agree, They all migrated, learned the language &worked hard. I miss all my ole Italian relos

    • @raymaligieri2854
      @raymaligieri2854 16 днів тому

      X
      Take us Italians out of this country and what would you Have...

  • @nathana7593
    @nathana7593 Рік тому +8

    Such beautiful footage. Thankyou for sharing this

  • @elvisbartoli6687
    @elvisbartoli6687 13 днів тому +2

    I went to school with Italian kids in the 60's ,they were great and great families,the Napolis,Vigianos,Delfonsos,Genecaros,Schiviaralos....Scanapiagos....all in Brunswick,St Ambroses......Regards Roger Stapleton

  • @LilacDaisy2
    @LilacDaisy2 5 років тому +17

    My mum's neighbors were Italian when she was 15 in the 60's. Her parents made a talking point about them eating garlic, it was so new to the country, haha. Mum had a crush on the eldest, Bruno -- one year older than her -- whom she kissed (and still says he was the _best_ kisser!). But she was just one of many girls who liked him, and he knew it. After they kissed through her bedroom window, he said, "Come down to the creek with me," but Mum knew what happened to girls with Bruno down at the creek. Bruno's poor brother Walter was a year younger than Mum and had a crush on her. Their mother never learnt English, so the boys translated for her all the time.
    My Nanna told Mum, "Don't you ever marry an Italian. They have big tempers." When I told Mum in the 80's that I liked Italians with blue eyes, she told me the same thing, haha. Funny thing is, she married my dad whose mother is from Venice, and he has a huge temper.

  • @marisabottari
    @marisabottari 14 років тому +5

    Grazie Franco & Luca....so many memories that we can NOW relive I can't thankyou enough ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!!
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Marisa Bottari....the little one with the bowl haircut :)

  • @MariaMorena-dy2pb
    @MariaMorena-dy2pb 13 днів тому +2

    We arrived in Melbourne in 1954, came from Venice Italy, mum and dad brought lots of coffee Beans, it might have taken a year before we ran out , and when mum realised she couldn't buy coffee here , she cried,and cried 😅so my darling dad had it sent from Italy by relatives, then our home was happy again 😅 when mum cooked spaghetti 🍝 all the kids in our small street mum would let them have spaghetti with us😅 they were the GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @CaporaleAdriano
    @CaporaleAdriano 9 років тому +3

    A fantastic collection of home movies. I enjoyed this immensely. Nice work. :-)

  • @barbs19788
    @barbs19788 12 років тому +6

    Great footage! My dad came to Melbourne in 61 from Italy and this kind of gives me an insight to what life was like back then and what he got up to as a young man coming to a very strange and foreign land.

  • @BarrytheRed1
    @BarrytheRed1 13 років тому +4

    I don't know you but I'd like to add my thanks too. It's wonderful footage and brings back very fond memories of my many Italian friedns and especially my next door neighbours in Shamrock Street, West Brunswick, where I resided for about thirty years from 1954. The Italians have a significant history in Australia and this footage is part of it.

  • @kanga1234567
    @kanga1234567 13 років тому +23

    Italians contributed so much to the culture and vibrancy of Melbourne and help make the city what it is now!

  • @Nicholas_-vh6xg
    @Nicholas_-vh6xg 4 дні тому

    Truly wonderful memories. Reminds me of growing up with my nonni, everyone was happy, family together sharing food and love. Coomari and compari and cugini all together enjoying life. In other words the greatest days of all our lives! Salute e tanti auguri 🍝 🍷 👊🏻

  • @LucaGonano
    @LucaGonano  12 років тому +9

    Hi Gezza1967. This was played just off University Street, in between Rathdowne Street and Drummond Street.

  • @trevorwykes3289
    @trevorwykes3289 10 років тому +4

    What a gem of a find!

  • @ripme6616
    @ripme6616 12 днів тому +1

    Im a Skip 5th generation 44 yr old i went to Catholic schools so half me mates were wog
    I could go on and on but this bring Tears to my eyes
    bloody Beautiful.

  • @abramo351ierardo7
    @abramo351ierardo7 2 роки тому +7

    This just about brings a tear to my eye my first memories of Australia .. LYGON St

    • @MarieMinshull-t3r
      @MarieMinshull-t3r 11 місяців тому

      Lot of dodgey things go on in Lygon street Melbourne 😢

  • @icascone
    @icascone 11 днів тому

    I never saw them play cricket lol
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @tramvinicyus2
    @tramvinicyus2 12 років тому +5

    Luca I MUST COME BACK!!!! I felt in love with Melbourne (last time was in 2009-2010) but sooner or later i'll come back
    Vinicio from Rome

  • @sarac5198
    @sarac5198 22 дні тому +4

    Che dolore lasciare la terra Madre. Di ricordi si muore, miei cari! Italia mia bella mi manchi tanto è meglio aver la salute che diventare milionari rubando il prossimo ! Quanto sei bella Italia sarai sempre la Regina del mondo 😢❤❤❤❤❤.

  • @Laura.67
    @Laura.67 27 днів тому +9

    😢😢Good old days!

  • @vinorob
    @vinorob 5 років тому +21

    As a kid growing up in inner Melbourne I learnt to swear and curse in Italian and Greek as well as I could in English. Great times.

    • @davedrewett2196
      @davedrewett2196 5 років тому +2

      Haha me too. Nafus shatta hahahaha

    • @tonycostanzo4276
      @tonycostanzo4276 23 дні тому +1

      me too

    • @ruraledition
      @ruraledition 21 день тому

      It’s not the country they were escaping. Italy itself was quite progressive post war the same as every other European country. This is how young people behaved in Italy. However, we’re escaping the generation gap. They had autocratic parents who had been brainwashed into accepting frugality, morality and conservatism during the war culture.

    • @tonycostanzo4276
      @tonycostanzo4276 21 день тому

      @@ruraledition thats right and the Roman catholic church was behind it all ,they use their Jesuits ,The Jesuits created the Freemasons to control every government on earth They are Vatican assassins.The Roman catholic Italians must come out of her before its too late ,before the rapture happens ,its all about to happen .The last pope will be the Antichrist he will deceive the whole world .Australia is being destroyed using Muslims and Africans as a weapon . the media has been taken over ,they only lie all the time and report things that are of no importance ,they only cause agitation, to keep you in fear .these are the last days ,the past will never come back again ,its over

  • @robwill9007
    @robwill9007 15 днів тому +1

    Im Australian with England ancestors and the Italians where/are good for this country. I remember the 60s they came here for the right reasons. GREAT PEOPLE!

  • @MrSicc274
    @MrSicc274 5 років тому +2

    Beautiful video. Part Italian from NZ

  • @RosHarland
    @RosHarland 16 днів тому

    Great video.

  • @robertgrant1837
    @robertgrant1837 7 років тому +5

    they expanded our taste for good wine & food we will always be grateful, for that well I will be that's for sure

    • @Inverted.surfer
      @Inverted.surfer Рік тому +1

      Not to forget garlic !!!😅😂🤣

    • @YvonneCrean
      @YvonneCrean 2 місяці тому +1

      And fashion.. style..... beautiful clothes...
      And PIZZA 💗. Who could forget Lygon street in 60s.....we loved it.
      The men were so handsome but our Mum wouldn't let us date them...
      😊

  • @cessorino
    @cessorino 13 років тому

    This brings back great memories, i grew up in Carlton in the 60s. Actually I went to school with your dad at St.Georges. Thanks Luca......................Rino Ingenito

  • @AkilaJayasekera
    @AkilaJayasekera 4 місяці тому +4

    Stylish batsman the clothes the sunglasses the cigarette What Italians could bring to cricket

  • @tobo26
    @tobo26 6 років тому

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @user-kc3kc9bu9i
    @user-kc3kc9bu9i 15 днів тому

    Beautiful filim Luca

  • @LucaGonano
    @LucaGonano  12 років тому

    It's a pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @lenglish4613
    @lenglish4613 9 років тому +63

    The Europeans are what made Australia! They bought coffee, food and culture to this Country :)

    • @annamarie3329
      @annamarie3329 7 років тому +1

      L English. Yes, very much so

    • @christinejackson3922
      @christinejackson3922 7 років тому +3

      L English I grew up in Oak Park ( suburb of Melbourne) and remember the "new"Australians they lived next door down the street and across the road and guess what !!! We all got along what happened to those days ???

    • @Todo_fighting
      @Todo_fighting 6 років тому

      Christine Jackson what happened

    • @christinejackson3922
      @christinejackson3922 6 років тому

      manolete 46 I wish I knew maybe we don’t respect each other any more

    • @murray7584
      @murray7584 6 років тому

      L English contributed

  • @jackdoff6631
    @jackdoff6631 15 днів тому

    How many of these guys worked for EPT ya reckon? 😜 proud to have Italian heritage! 👍

  • @Gezza1967
    @Gezza1967 12 років тому

    I went to St Georges only for a couple of weeks in 1979. Where was the cricket match played in Carlton?

  • @Inverted.surfer
    @Inverted.surfer Рік тому +1

    They had gathered on this day for a grand Italiano lunch after which they were going to concrete the back yard !!!😅😂🤣
    The post war Italians really embraced being part of Aust. society and were good guys to work with and could have fun and have thoughtful conversations generally...
    Also, in this area was a large Italian migrant population and they really embraced Aussie Rules... The one song i was expecting to here at the end was, "We are the navy blues, we are the old dark navy blues"😊

  • @RobbiRocks
    @RobbiRocks 23 дні тому

    G'day Luca, Is this your actual family and old footage converted in modern format?
    My Nonno &Nonna, the Colangelo's migrated to Aus &settled in Melbourne in 54.. Love watching this footage you got.

  • @robertlucchesi2665
    @robertlucchesi2665 16 днів тому

    They also brought over Cricket too gathering from the video!🤣Unlikely.

  • @hardishpan
    @hardishpan 5 років тому +2

    That's why we have so many Italian places on Lygon Street :D

  • @hunterfish69
    @hunterfish69 13 днів тому

    Up the the spags! They brought so much culture to Australia and contribute so positively to society, still to this day. God bless 🙏

  • @SockABusta
    @SockABusta 10 років тому +14

    Sad to see how shit Melbourne is now. These were the good days..

    • @Todo_fighting
      @Todo_fighting 6 років тому

      SockABusta why shit ?

    • @tonywethereld7429
      @tonywethereld7429 6 років тому +2

      My wife (Greek) and I (Aussie but with many ethnic friends) lived there in the 60's and 70's which is over 40 years ago now. We went back a few years ago (now living in Brisbane - with stints in the UAE) and both lamented how it had lost its innocence and special feel. There appears to far more gang-related violence and many people we met were off-hand to us, and there seemed to be little 'sense of community' anymore there. It is easy to look back and think everything was much better, but this is usually invalid, however the place certainly does seem to have gone 'downhill'.

    • @frannynet553
      @frannynet553 5 років тому +1

      @@tonywethereld7429 Melbourne looks like freakin Bangkok

    • @kanga1234567
      @kanga1234567 4 роки тому

      @Pat Morac Not at all

    • @Inverted.surfer
      @Inverted.surfer Рік тому

      ​@@Todo_fighting... Try Daniel Sandshoes

  • @LaDolceItaliaAus
    @LaDolceItaliaAus 12 років тому

    "The first and only Italian lifestyle event in Australia"
    Come to see La Dolce Italia, Melbourne 10-11-12 August 2012

  • @mrporsche4236
    @mrporsche4236 22 дні тому +4

    This australia is gone. How sad

  • @johngiuliani9887
    @johngiuliani9887 3 роки тому

    Hi Luca
    Are you on face book
    I loved this video and would love some more info on it
    Kind regards
    John

    • @LucaGonano
      @LucaGonano  3 роки тому +1

      Hi John - sorry, I only just saw this. My email address is luca.gonano@gmail.com if you want to send me a message.

  • @MarieMinshull-t3r
    @MarieMinshull-t3r 11 місяців тому +1

    Of course times have changed i came to Australia in 1966 of course it was a different time

  • @elizabethdjokovic2691
    @elizabethdjokovic2691 Рік тому

    Those were the days.

  • @Residualshanty
    @Residualshanty 10 років тому

    carlton, a dream, was then- is now. little italy forever

    • @mariamorizzi6519
      @mariamorizzi6519 4 роки тому

      Lets hope it continues to e the same
      Intil to this day when i am in the city i always go to my favorite restaurant Totos pizzaria this year is my fiftieth year that i have had lunch at Totos

  • @markmay184
    @markmay184 20 днів тому

    Not the greatest bowling attack I’ve seen, but the opening batsman had a bit of style 🏏 🇮🇹 🇦🇺👍🏻😀

  • @HRnajbolje
    @HRnajbolje 11 років тому +2

    How life should be!

  • @spiceboysconti301
    @spiceboysconti301 23 дні тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @noproblem2big337
    @noproblem2big337 5 років тому

    I wonder if they realized then... that back yard in Carlton must be worth megabucks

    • @Inverted.surfer
      @Inverted.surfer Рік тому

      The Italians probably did but the average Aussie was not that forward thinking or materially minded...
      Italians had hundreds of years experience on working out how to survive !!!

  • @RosHarland
    @RosHarland 16 днів тому

    Italians, Greeks most Europeans became like Australians work hard .

  • @mishakolomoicev9701
    @mishakolomoicev9701 3 роки тому +2

    Flamin dagoes taking over the joint.

  • @dunkestinzadukenstains5202
    @dunkestinzadukenstains5202 4 дні тому

    This was the difference between Italian's and Greeks back then. At least they tried to adapt to the Aussie culture. Not all but 90% tried to learn to speak English and fit in. 90% of the Asians dont know a word of English and dont care if they dont and those who do bag the crap out of our country.

  • @emilioemele
    @emilioemele 2 дні тому

    🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @SunnyBoyy448
    @SunnyBoyy448 23 дні тому

    AND MY BEST FRIEND MARIO

  • @antonydean8063
    @antonydean8063 5 днів тому

    Look at everyone love being in front of the old 8mm film. Point a mobile at anyone in 2025 and they go psycho 😓

  • @vincenzoleone1122
    @vincenzoleone1122 8 років тому

    bella austriala 26 - 10 - 53 - enzo leone da nocera inferioe

  • @billvojtek5636
    @billvojtek5636 15 днів тому

    Italians played football world game where did you get bullshit game of cricket

  • @AliceCardosoblogdatuca
    @AliceCardosoblogdatuca 9 років тому

    ITALIAN 1960

  • @deborahshah9066
    @deborahshah9066 7 років тому

    mio padre nacque qua

  • @myopinion138
    @myopinion138 7 років тому +8

    Dont forget the Greeks lol

  • @testing1sim
    @testing1sim 5 днів тому

    Beer, Cricket and BBQ. Not very Italian to me.

  • @andrewtaylor1670
    @andrewtaylor1670 13 днів тому

    Downfall of Australia

  • @Peaceful777-y5e
    @Peaceful777-y5e 14 днів тому

    Love you mama e papa adress sei in paradise😢❤❤❤❤

  • @PhilC-i7y
    @PhilC-i7y 20 днів тому

    I see it but dont believe it, Italians drinking beer and playing cricket or trying to..