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Listen to short excerpts from the interviews with the five migrants below.

Egidio Della Franca

Excerpt One: Life in Italy – The family farm
Excerpt Two: Life in Italy – Smuggling contraband
Excerpt Three: Life in Australia – First impressions

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Giovanni Marinelli

Excerpt One: Life in Italy – Share-cropping land
Excerpt Two: Journey – Assisted migration
Excerpt Three: Journey – Ship

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Angelina Martini

Excerpt One: Life in Italy – First job as a teenager
Excerpt Two: Journey – Refugee camps
Excerpt Three: Life in Australia – Language

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Maria Pisconeri

Excerpt One: Journey – Ship
Excerpt Two: Life in Italy – Engagement
Excerpt Three: Life in Australia – Work

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Maria Raffaele

Excerpt One: Life in Italy – The family farm
Excerpt Two: Life in Australia – Living in the Wheatbelt
Excerpt Three: Life in Australia – Customs and values

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