Founded in 1980 by Sir James Gobbo, as an integral part of CO.AS.IT., the IHS celebrates its 40 ...
A treasure chest of memories: Forty years of the Italian Historical Society
Photos from the collection of the Italian Historic Society (IHS).
An Italian Navy flag, seized by the Australian Army during World War II, about to be presented to President of Italy Oscar Scalfaro during his visit to Melbourne in December 1998. Left to right: Lady Gobbo, Sir James Gobbo, Giancarlo Martini-Piovano, Bruna Pasqua and Bernard D. Bongiorno QC
CO.AS.IT. IHS Pupo Siciliano in a school presentation by Claudia McLean. No date
The opening of the exhibition Victoria’s Italians 1900-45 and the launch of the book of the same title at the State Library of Victoria in April 1985. It was officiated by the Hon. Race Mathews, Victorian Minister for the Arts, (centre) with Italian Consul Antonino Provenzano (right) and Sir James Gobbo (left)
Ivo Carboni, the great-great-great nephew of Raffaello Carboni during a visit to the Italian Historical Society on the occasion of the Australian bicentenary in 1988
President of Italy Francesco Cossiga, invited by the Hawke government for the Australian bicentennial celebrations in 1988, during the opening of the Australia’s Italians Exhibition at the National Library of Canberra
June 1998: Casa d’Italia 60th anniversary address by Laura Mecca. The address was followed by a walk to the building at 119 Palmerston Street Carlton, where Casa d’Italia, an anti-Fascist club, had its premises from 1938 to 1940. Included in the photograph are Marie Varrenti, Ottavio Brida, Irma Sabatino, Bruna Bonomi, Charles D'Aprano, Bill Simeoni and Bertilla Simeoni
An Italian Navy flag, seized by the Australian Army during World War II, about to be presented to President of Italy Oscar Scalfaro during his visit to Melbourne in December 1998. Left to right: Lady Gobbo, Sir James Gobbo, Giancarlo Martini-Piovano, Bruna Pasqua and Bernard D. Bongiorno QC
