Armadale Family

Artist: Andrew Kay

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: Unknown

Location: Sanctuary Lake, Armadale

Provenance: City of Armadale

Description: The Italo-Australian Centenary of Federation, established by the Southern Region Italo-Australian Community Foundation as part of the Armadale Centenary, acknowledges the contribution that settlers of Italian descent made to this community.

Amongst the first Italian settlers were timber cutters who were skilled charcoal burners, thus at the turn of the century Illawarra Orchard was able to introduce the first cold stores, which were driven by producer gas.

Since then the contribution of Italian settlers has expanded and broadened, driving the development of a world class fruit growing industry in our city, and are now well represented in a range of business, community and professional activities.

Image source Matt Devlin