Interview with Joe Zannino
Category: Interview
| Title | Interview with Joe Zannino |
|---|---|
| Interviewer | Ian Robertson, Abstracted by Elayne Robertson |
| Interviewee | Giuseppe (Joe) Zannino |
| Year | 1995 |
| Language | English |
| Format | 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration |
| Geographic reference | Wellington |
| Time reference | 1950s to 1990s |
| Online resource | NO |
| Topic | Italian immigrants to New Zealand, oral histories, interviste, Italian workmen in New Zealand, Australia, |
You can find the interview here
Interview with Giuseppe (Joe) Zannino available from the National Library of New Zealand (Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.) Joe Zannino who was born in Southern Italy in 1934 recalls his father's death when he was 9 years old and working on a farm while still at school. Describes family life and conditions at the time. Immigrated to Australia and describes disadvantages of lack of English skills. In the interview he talks about work on trunk line at Kargoolie to Port Augusta, the gold mines and life in Kargoolie, his move to Adelaide to work as brick layer and describes the journey across the Nullarbor. Eventually Zannino moved to New Zealand and joined Wellington City Transport as bus driver. Here he recalls difficult passengers, social activities with work mates, compares attitudes of New Zealanders with Australians, affinity between self and Māori and Pacific Islanders. He talks about the care required when driving trolley buses and compares diesel with trolley bus routes. Mentions Tony Dupas and well known passengers: Sir Michael Fowler; David Lange and John Banks. He also refers to Club Garibaldi.
In addition to the tapes there are 3 photographs: one of Joe Zannino with a Zephyr car on the Nullabor during a journey from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide Australia; one at the WCT Kilbirnie Depot, and one with Volvo Buses at Kilbirnie Depot.
Click here to access material. Copyright held by Ian and Elayne Robertson, public use requires the written permission of the donor.
