Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Loretta Baldassar: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-4773
Abstract
In this chapter, we contextualise the understudied presence of Australians in Italy, identifying the main types of migration and mobility that characterise the Australian diaspora in Europe today. These include “roots migration” of Australians of Italian heritage, comprising both temporary and long-term youth mobility and retirement migration; love migration; study migration; and business migration. We then examine the return migrations and repatriations of earlier migration waves and consider how contemporary experiences of transnational life, supported by polymedia environments, create active social fields that incorporate both places. Integrating migration studies and the sociology of emotions, we also include a netnographic case study focusing on the Australian community in Florence, a symbol of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour. Lastly, we provide a number of in-depth interviews in Florence with Australians of Italian and non-Italian heritage, as well as an analysis of the “Australians in Italy” Facebook group.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
7-11-2025
Publication Title
Italy and Australia
Publisher
Springer
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
82358
Copyright
subscription content
Comments
Marchetti, G., & Baldassar, L. (2023). Australians in Italy in the twenty-first century. In Italy and Australia (pp. 81-111). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3216-0_4