International Journal of Arts
p-ISSN: 2168-4995 e-ISSN: 2168-5002
2016; 6(1): 1-10
doi:10.5923/j.arts.20160601.01
Laura Faggion, Raffaello Furlan
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, State of Qatar
Correspondence to: Raffaello Furlan, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, State of Qatar.
Email: | drrajnish_raj@yahoo.com |
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This paper explores the phenomenon of post WWII Italian migration (from the Veneto region) to the State of Queensland in Australia. The exploration is linked with the topic of the accommodations where respondents resided since their arrival in Australia. The data was collected in Australia from semi-structured interviews conducted with ten families native to the Veneto region, who migrated to Australia after WWII. All interviews were conducted in the language preferred by participants, which corresponded to their regional dialect and the Italian language interpolated with some Austral-Italian1 words. The interviews have been transcribed and subjected to the first level of analysis - thematic analysis - following orthodox practices (Kitchin & Tate, 2000; Seale, 2004). The analysis of the transcript material generated a number of themes, which, after being subjected to a second level of analysis using phenomenological hermeneutics, have been validated by the respondents. The themes have been ordered into two groups corresponding to first and last (or permanent) dwellings’ migration experiences.
Keywords: Italo-Australian Immigration, Housing, History
Cite this paper: Laura Faggion, Raffaello Furlan, Post-WWII Italian Migration from Veneto (Italy) to Australia and Transnational Houses in Queensland, International Journal of Arts, Vol. 6 No. 1, 2016, pp. 1-10. doi: 10.5923/j.arts.20160601.01.
Figure 1. Experience of Migration and first dwellings: themes and major points |
Figure 2. Map of Italy and the movements of people from the Veneto region |
Figure 3. Map of Queensland showing the localities chosen by the respondents of this study in which to live and work |
Figure 3. First house of an interviewed couple |
Figure 4. Kitchen garden in the back yard of Italian migrants’ house |
Figure 5. Example of house in brick veneer belonging to one migrant family |
Figure 6. Apartments blocks in Toombul (Brisbane) |