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Returning to Europe
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I grew up in a small town called Boolarra, in Victoria, Australia. It's a town of about 1500 people; when I was around 5, we moved to Melbourne.
My father's side of the family are from Italy, although he was born in Australia. My mother's family have German background.
Growing up in a migrant country, being the child of two migrant families, what makes you not Australian is the most interesting part about you. It's something you hold on to most.
My object is a set of rosary beads that I got from my father, with a cross. It has a secret compartment which opens. Inside is soil from Calvary, where Jesus was crucified. This was something passed down through his family as a sign of our family's migration as Catholics.
My father's family moved from Stromboli in the south of Sicily to Australia. They were given financial assistance to do so after World War II. They moved really to find a better life.
These rosary beads are particularly important to us as my father was discriminated against for being Catholic and Italian, even though he was born in Australia. our Italian-ness was always an important part of my identity and my family's identity.
I've now moved to Europe, leaving Australia in 2017. I first moved to Denmark, and then moved here to The Hague for work. I always knew I would come back to Europe, because I had a sense of returning home.
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Title: Returning to Europe
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I grew up in a small town called Boolarra, in Victoria, Australia.
It's a town of about 1500 people; when I was around 5, we moved to Melbourne.
My father's side of the family are from Italy, although he was born in Australia.
My mother's family have German background.
Growing up in a migrant country, being the child of two migrant families, what makes you not Australian is the most interesting part about you.
It's something you hold on to most.
My object is a set of rosary beads that I got from my father, with a cross.
It has a secret compartment which opens.
Inside is soil from Calvary, where Jesus was crucified.
This was something passed down through his family as a sign of our family's migration as Catholics.
My father's family moved from Stromboli in the south of Sicily to Australia.
They were given financial assistance to do so after World War II.
They moved really to find a better life.
These rosary beads are particularly important to us as my father was discriminated against for being Catholic and Italian, even though he was born in Australia.
our Italian-ness was always an important part of my identity and my family's identity.
I've now moved to Europe, leaving Australia in 2017.
I first moved to Denmark, and then moved here to The Hague for work.
I always knew I would come back to Europe, because I had a sense of returning home.
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