"It wasn't easy to raise my children alone"

Part 2 of the life story of Rita Picone Di Giovanni. Born in Taranto, Rita arrived in Australia at the age of nine with her mother, a sister and a brother in April 1960. Dad Rino had left for Australia 18 months earlier to organise accommodation for the whole family.

Rita, al centro nella foto Source: Supplied

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