Diordoro Castellucci arrived in Australia on his own in September 1960 at the age of 39 years. He and his family had previously spent 8 years living in Venezuela and had decided to migrate to Australia. His wife, Carmela and 2 small children followed him to Australia 15 months later and arrived by boat on 13 December 1961. Their two children were 5 and 6 years of age at that time.

The family came from San Marco Dei Cavoti which was a small town in the province of Benevento. Following their move to Australia the family was naturalised in 1965.

Diodoro and Carmela now have 4 children, all of which live in Adelaide and have families of their own. They have only returned to Italy once or twice since leaving the country over 40 years ago.

Submitted by Mary Castellucci
Hectorville, South Australia 5073 in April 2003