Somes Island : the end of the world for Italians
Somes Island : the end of the world for Italians
Category: Article
| Title | Somes Island : the end of the world for Italians |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Elenio |
| Year | 1995 |
| Publication | Evening post (Wellington, N.Z.) |
| Language | English |
| Geographic reference | Somes Island, Wellington |
| Online resource | Available on this website |
| Topic | Somes Island, Italian interns, Prisoners of war, |
Available from the National Library or New Zealand, this article by Paul Elenio recalls the incarceration of Italians on Somes Island for up to four years in the early 1940s under wartime emergency regulations. Reports that a memorial to their detention as aliens has been placed by the Italian community on a high point of the island.
A cutting of this article was offered to the Società Dante Alighieri Auckland to photograph for the archive. You can find it here.
More info about the internment of Italian men on Somes Island can be found here:
Casa, Paul, 1903-2001 : Papers relating to his internment on Somes Island
La presenza italiana in Nuova Zelanda (1875-1950)
Papa's Island
The Italian Community
Prisoners of War
Memorial to Italian Internees on Somes/Matiu Island in WWII
