Australia, my love : from prisoner of war to Order of Australia, an autobiography
Pisaturo, Rick2010
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Life story of Rick Pisaturo.
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Erskine Park Rick Pisaturo 2010
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305 pages colour and black and whte photographs and portraits
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Rick was born in Italy in 1922. At the age of 17 he enrolled in the Italian Army and was sent to Libya. In 1941 he was captured by the Allied Forces in Benghazi and sent to Australia. After 3 ½ years in a concentration camp, he volunteered to go and work on a farm and for 18 months he worked for Mr. & Mrs. R. Badgery at Wongonbra, Sutton Forest, N.S.W. Ricks dream and ambition was to one day become a cattle breeder like his mentor, Mr. Badgery. This came to fruition when he purchased his 300 acres (Bailey / Bayley Park) on Mamre Road, now known as Mandalong Park (pp. 110-111) plus another 350 acres a few years later.
ISBN:
9780959577716
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY PISABIOGRAPHY
Language:
English
Subject:
St Marys (N.S.W.) -- HistoryRick Pisaturo, 1922-World War, 1939-1945 -- Italian prisoners of AustraliaItalians -- New South Wales -- BiographyCattle farmers -- Australia -- BiographyMandalong Park Stud Cattle Farm (Erskine Park, NSW) -- HistoryBeef cattle industry and trade (Erskine Park, NSW) -- HistoryMandalong Park Stud Cattle (Erskine Park, NSW) -- HistoryErskine Park (NSW) -- History
BRN:
83025
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local Book | BIOGRAPHY PISA | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |