NAA: A1, 1909/10814
Zannini, Virginia
Digital copy - 5110
| Occupation as written | None |
| Standardised occupation | XX00: Other - Other |
| Application received | 14 Sep 1909 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 18 Oct 1909 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Orsago, County of Venice, Italy |
| Modern country | Italy |
| Age on application | 76 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 47 |
| Port of Departure | None |
| Port of Arrival | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Date of arrival | 7 Apr 1881 |
| Name of ship | None |
| Address in Australia | Smithfield |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 2 years |
| Previous address 1 | Canley Vale |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 7 years |
| Previous address 2 | Sydney |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 19 years |
| Married | Widow |
| Children | Yes |
2: both females, one residing in Sydney and one in Smithfield |
| Name of reference | Paul Cortesi |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | NAA: A1, 1905/686: Corocher, Luigia |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
She does not remember the name of her ship, but says she was part of the Marquis de Rays Exhibition: this was the third New Guinea expedition of Marquis de Rays, a French nobleman who attempted to start a colony in the South Pacific. The expedition attempted to establish a colony in a place the marquis called La Nouvelle France, or New France, which was the island now referred to as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago of present-day Papua New Guinea. Three hundred and forty Italian colonists aboard the ship India set sail from Barcelona in 1880 for this new land, seeking relief from the poor conditions in Italy at that time. One hundred and twenty-three colonists died before being rescued by Australian authorities. The marquis is widely believed to have deliberately misled the colonists, distributing literature claiming a bustling settlement existed at Port Breton, near present-day Kavieng, which had numerous public buildings, wide roads, and rich, arable land. (see Wikipedia).
Have linked her to NAA: A1, 1905/686 Luigia Corocher who has also on the Marquis de Ray Expedition,