With the mass departure of immigrants after World War II, many families, originating from Fragneto Monforte, immigrated to Australia, bringing with them their faith in Christ and their devotion to their patron saint, Saint Nicholas. In 1968, three pioneers, bonded from their strong devotion to Saint Nicholas, wanted to ensure that their patron saint would also be honoured in Adelaide. To provide an avenue so that other followers could adore their Saint, they organised for an image of Saint Nicholas their Saint to be painted, at their own expense, and entrusted it to the Capuchin Fathers of the St Francis of Assisi Church - Newton parish. In 1972, the Saint Nicholas Society was formed to honor the Saint by contributing to religious events and festivals. In the following years, many other followers of the saint joined the association, most of them originating from Fragneto Monforte or from nearby towns, giving life to religious celebrations.

The festival of Saint Nicholas is celebrated on the first Sunday in December, and has an immense religious and recreational program. This includes the traditional Saint Nicholas lunch, which includes an afternoon appearance of Father Christmas with gifts for the children. There are other functions celebrated throughout the year, in private venues, where fellow friends and countrymen meet in a traditional atmosphere of food and live music. Currently, the executive committee organises throughout the year, for young and old, excursions for members and other interested parties. In order to keep alive the customs and traditions of their hometown, the Saint Nicholas Society sponsors the Saint Nicholas Folk Group, and at present, the association is comprised of approximately 120 reoccurring members.

In 1987, members originating from Fragneto Monforte returned to their hometown for a holiday period. During their stay, the involvement of the young towns people in organising popular and traditional town festivals surprised them. A local folk group, called La Takkarata, impressed them with their traditional dances and songs, reminding the visitors of what life was like in their hometown. 

On their return to Australia, they presented the Saint Nicholas Society with a home movie that was taken of the group. The association was thrilled with what they saw and embarked on finding a number of young volunteers and musicians to form a similar folk group in Adelaide. After an uncertain beginning, the young performers, all children of immigrants, accompanied by musicians, successfully performed in all kinds of national and local festivals. After some discussions, their sister group, 'La Takkarata' arrived in Australia in December 1999 and was received with great enthusiasm by the Campagnia community. In October 2001, the group returned once again to Australia with new popular music and had a successful tour visiting many Australian cities.

At that time, the local folk group, sponsored by the association, was invited to participate in a cultural exchange trip to Italy. The invitation was accepted with great excitement and enthusiasm. As a consequence to this, the Saint Nicholas Association, with the participation from the members of the folk group, named their group the 'Saint Nicholas Folk Group', and set upon trying to make their dream goal a reality. And thus, in August 2003, the group will eagerly travel to Italy for a three-week cultural tour.