Transcript of interview with Rita Camilleri
Description
Rita Camilleri was born in Malta and arrived in Australia in 1939, at age 15 years. Prior to that, her father had been in Australia for twelve years, working to save enough money to bring his family to join him. Rita's father owned a market garden in Pendle Hill, and when Rita married at age 18, she and her husband operated another market garden nearby. During the Second World War, Rita worked at the Bonds Cotton Mills, earning five pounds per week in the card room.
Publisher
University of Western Sydney
Rights
Copyright University of Western Sydney 2015
Identifier
11 _Transcript
Date Created
1991-10-18
Interviewee
Birthplace
Malta
Interviewer
Robyn Arrowsmith
Birth Year
c 1924
Suburb
Digital File Name
ftf_transcript_camilleri
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | transcript of | Item: Audio recording of interview with Rita Camilleri |
| Item: Rita Camilleri | is primary topic of | This Item |
Collection
Citation
“Transcript of interview with Rita Camilleri,” From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/farmstofreeways/items/show/428.