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BORG, Matthew

Jan 7, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, Memoir, Sport, Victoria
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ISBN 978-0-6485544-6-2
PAPERBACK

A Wrestling Memoir

Pulling no punches. Setting the record straight on Australian wrestling culture in the 2010’s.

Matthew Borg’s wrestling career began in 2011 and ended in 2015. This memoir is a rundown of Borg’s time in the so-called “fake” sport of professional wrestling: the good, the bad and everything else in between.

This leaves one to ponder … is the world of professional wrestling really what it seems?

One night, specifically that of July 31, 2013, I was home alone in the lounge room watching Channel 7’s AFL documentary The Inside Man. A 60 Minutes style expose on the now infamous Essendon drug scandal wherein Luke Darcy sat down with former Essendon strength and conditioning coach Dean Robinson in an exclusive one-on-one interview. Robinson unflinchingly dished the dirt on what happened behind closed doors and the longer the interview went on, the more I could empathise with his firmly held beliefs in his pursuit for natural justice and by the end, I had no reason whatsoever to doubt his version of events.

I did not know it on the first occasion I watched in 2013, but it was to be this hour and a half of gripping television that when watched again later, would provide the impetus for what is to follow.

To be crystal clear, what you will not be reading is an in-depth look at my entire life – that is another story to be told later down the line. What you will be reading instead is an entire rundown of my time in the so-called “fake” sport of professional wrestling.

 

WALTERS, David & NEVILLE, Michelle

Jan 3, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Corporate History, History, History showcase, Memoir, South Australia

Celebrating Edwardstown - Toyoda Goesai Australia

Celebrating Edwardstown - Toyoda Goesai Australia

Celebrating Edwardstown - Toyoda Goesai Australia

Celebrating Edwardstown - Toyoda Goesai Australia

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ISBN 978-0-9876204-5-3
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Celebrating 78 Years of Manufacturing

This book is dedicated in appreciation to everyone who has ever worked at Toyoda Gosei Australia, Bridgestone Australia, Uniroyal and SA Rubber Mills. It contains images and information on these organisations between 1939 and 2017.

In 1939 Mark R. Lodge and Harold D.Hill purchased a small rubber manufacturing business from Kenny Charlesworth Rubber Pty Ltd located in a small building on the corner of Furness Avenue and South Road at Edwardstown in South Australia. Edwardstown was a lightly developed suburb 8kms from the city centre on route to the rich agricultural regions south of the city.

This purchase was the beginning of an empire that would span over 80 years.

BRANCATASIANO, Frank

Jan 3, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Design, History, History showcase, Memoir, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
Frank Brancatasiano's self-published book Albert Street Families Interior
Frank Brancatasiano's self-published book Samo Village Children Interior
Frank Brancatasiano's self-published book New Families interior
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ISBN 978-0-6485046-9-6
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Emigrazione Samese: Eu Vaio E Torno

Emigrazione Samese – EU Vaio E Torno is a history of the families that left their small village of Samo in Reggio Calabria, Italy for Melbourne Australia. Some came before World War I. Many fled from the difficulties of war-torn Italy after World War II. Their journey was typified by the Bonfa, D’Agostino and Verzaci families. They lived side by side in Samo for many years and left when Australia offered opportunities in stark contrast to their beloved village then bereft of employment.

Once arrived, the Samese worked hard and prospered in Melbourne – a big city quite unlike their village home. They worked in factories, fields, building sites and restaurants, often starting their own enterprises. They struggled with language and a different culture. A mixture of determination, ability and a little luck saw them build families, houses and careers.

This book is a tribute to their courage and vision and a recognition of their success.

About the Author

I was born in Samo in 1948 and emigrated to Australia at 9 years of age.

My mother Caterina, and my two brothers Peitro and Vincenzo left Samo in 1957. My father Guiseppe Antonio had left the family five years earlier to ready the way to build a new life in Australia.

Growing up in Australia, I experienced difficulties typical to migrants who leave their home country to settle into a totally different culture.

These experiences motivated me to work on publishing this collection of family migrant stories. The stories are all from families who called the small village of Samo in Reggio Calabria, Italy home.

It is my hope that these stories will inspire and assist future generations to understand their origins and how they came to be in this great country.

The stories are a real testament of the courage and sacrifices made by all of the early migrants. They all shared the common goal of ensuring that their future generations would have greater opportunities in their new homeland of Australia.