Forwarded - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Pearce" <tina.oz@bigpond.net.au> To: <ANGLO-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:23 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Fremantle Welcome Wall Hi everyone, here is article from The West Australian newspaper dated 20th December 2004 "When Licia Stazzonelli's parents arrived in fremantle from Italy in the 1950s, all they owned was in two trunks and two suitcases. The sacrifices they made and hardships they endured to build a better life in WA were acknowledged yesterday at the unveiling of the Fremantle Welcome Wall. Mrs Stazzonelli's parents, Giovanni and Stefania Zelesco are among the 8000 names engraved on the wall for postwar immigrants whose first contact with Australia was Fremantle. Arriving on the "Oxfordshire" with Licia and her two year old sister Marinella, the Zelescos were among the only five survivors of a communist bombing in WWII. Their six year old son was on of 300 who died in the raid. Mrs Stazzonelli said being asked to speak at the stage two welcome ceremony was an honour and a reward for all the hardships her family had faced. "It's nice to be acknowledged after the losses and sacrifices my parents made," she said. The walls list the names and year of arrival of migrants who entered Australia at Fremantle along with the name of their ship. The Premier Geoff Gallop saluted the contribution of migrants including his convict ancestors. The migrant welcome walls are in the WA Maritime Museum. A warm fuzzy just in time for Christmas. Best wishes to one and all Tina Morana in WA