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Rita Camilleri

Identifier

11 _Person

Birth Date

c 1924

Birthplace

Malta

Biographical Text

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.

Suburb

Pendle Hill

Item Relations

This Item is primary topic of Item: Audio recording of interview with Rita Camilleri
This Item is primary topic of Item: Transcript of interview with Rita Camilleri

Collection

Interviewees

Citation

“Rita Camilleri,” From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney, accessed December 22, 2024, https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/farmstofreeways/items/show/569.