COLONISING LIBYA.- Typical of the 18,000 Italian families that have left their native land to colonise Libya is the Amedeo Maestri family, left centre, emigrating from their home in Pescara-dr Ferrara. Announcement that the government had chosen them caused much interest in the home courtyard, lower right, while Mama Maestri, lower left, got her identification tag. Top left, some of the 19 ships that carried the emigrants across the Mediterranean, to be greeted by Governor Marshal Italo Balbo, right centre, on arrival at Cirene. Top right, statue of II Duce at, Tripoli, waving the Sword of Islam. Colonist'S found homes and farms completely equipped, awaiting them. Families from the same Italian towns are kept together.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 3
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115COLONISING LIBYA.- Typical of the 18,000 Italian families that have left their native land to colonise Libya is the Amedeo Maestri family, left centre, emigrating from their home in Pescara-dr Ferrara. Announcement that the government had chosen them caused much interest in the home courtyard, lower right, while Mama Maestri, lower left, got her identification tag. Top left, some of the 19 ships that carried the emigrants across the Mediterranean, to be greeted by Governor Marshal Italo Balbo, right centre, on arrival at Cirene. Top right, statue of II Duce at, Tripoli, waving the Sword of Islam. Colonist'S found homes and farms completely equipped, awaiting them. Families from the same Italian towns are kept together. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 3
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