Interview with Francesca Hindmarsh
Category: Interview
| Title | Interview with Francesca Hindmarsh |
|---|---|
| Interviewer | Rosie Little |
| Interviewee | Francesca Margarita Hindmarsh |
| Year | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Format | 3 C60 cassettes, 1 printed abstract |
| Geographic reference | Wellington, D'Urville Island, Stromboli |
| Time reference | 1900s |
| Online resource | NO |
| Topic | Moleta family, oral histories, Italian immigrants in New Zealand, Second generations, Italian farmers in New Zealand, Māori, Italian women in New Zealand |
You can find the interview here
Interview with Francesca Margarita Hindmarsh available from the National Library of New Zealand . Francesca was born in Wellington on 28 December 1917. She describes the emigration of her father and two uncles to New Zealand from Stromboli, Italy and their clearing of a farm on D'Urville Island ca. 1900. Talks about her uncles' return to Stromboli for wives.
She Recalls in detail her early childhood on the island, speaking Italian and Māori, and the primitive facilities on the island. Talks about the culture shock of moving to Wellington for schooling and finally to settle. Describes the adaptation of her parents from life in Italy to New Zealand, her feelings about Stromboli and her mother's people (the Moleta family), religion, family principles, her mother's premonitions and some intolerance towards `foreigners'.
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