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The Family of Last updated 2011
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Pietro (Peter) Sala Tenna
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Peter Sala Tenna immigrated to Australia in 1923 to start a new life away from the oppression of the aftermath of the war. He had been a military policeman during the war and wanted to begin a new life with his family. |
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He travelled to Australia alone to join his brother Stehpen in the mines at Kalgoorlie. As with many Italian Immigrants, his intention was to earn enough to return to Italy and buy land for a better life for his family. His wife Savina and their two children, Rose and Vincent (Vin) remained in Italy. Young Vincent contracted polio when he was 10 months old and was advised by the specialist that the only hope for her son was to move to a warmer climate. Savina was a strong-minded woman who had seen families seperated for years and she was determined that her family would not remain apart. |
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Savina immediately arranged her passage to Australia and joined Peter in Kalgoorlie where they spent their first years. They moved to Barton's Mill in 1926 and lived in a tent at the cutting camp for a short time before moving to a bark hut in Barton's Mill where Peter worked for the Railway and later the timber mill. They soon bought a Soldier Settlement block on the Barton's Mill Road, now known as Sala Road.
OPPOSITE: Passport photo of Savina with her two |
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This was land that had not been taken up after the war. They then bought a cow and some chickens and cleared the land for fruit growing and vegetables. Savina was an industious woman who provided vegetables, milk and eggs for her own family and for mill families. She was also a good dressmaker capable of using remnant cuts of fabric to make clothes. Rose recalls that Archie Anderson took her to school at Pickering Brook on her first day. Later, on the advice of Mike Flannigan, the Time Keeper at the Barton's Mill, the children were moved to Barton's Mill school because there was a teacher there who could give them their Christian Education. Miss Cullity was the teacher at the school and during the holidays the children went to Mary's Mount for "Bushie School" to further their Christian Education and to have "fun".
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Peter and Savina had six children.
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Left to Right: Vincent on crutches, Josie, Rose and Peter |
Joan and Ralph. The two youngest of Peter and Savina's children |
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Rose married Alex Giumelli |
Vincent married Millicent Hawking from Kalamunda and eventually took over the original property, which still remains in the family to this day |
Josie married Anselmo Trinca |
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Peter was accidently drowned
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Joan married Charlie Della Franca, Settled in Pickering Brook and developed Highvale Orchard
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Ralph married Sylvia Mattaboni and settled on the orchard in Carmel. Sylvia passed away from breast cancer. Ralph remarried Joyce Bennet and continues to live on the property in Carmel. The block still remains in the Sala Tenna family to this day |
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Vincent became Councillor for the East Ward of the Kalamunda Shire and was a well known "Character" in the district. Peter worked the land and eventually went into the poultry business, which he worked until his death in 1966. Vincent took over the original property and Savina lived until her 87th year. They were a well-liked and respected family of the district.
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Pietro (Peter) Sala Tenna Savina Sala Tenna (nee Armanasco) |
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Sadly Vincent (Vin) Sala Tenna passed away in 2011
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