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Maria Therese Gatt at Għajn Tuffieħa bay

Maria Therese Gatt at Għajn Tuffieħa bay

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-02-17
  • Item
  • June 1947

    • Part of Memorja

Maria Therese Gatt, née Frendo Randon at Ghajn Tuffieha bay during her honeymoon. Ghajn Tuffieha Tower and a Second World War-era beach post are visible at the edge of the cliff.

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-02-37
  • Item
  • 20-12-1967

    • Part of Memorja

(From left) Lieutenant Colonel Edward 'Eddie' Gatt, Queen Elizabeth II, an unidentified army officer, Governor-General Maurice Dorman (partly hidden), Lieutenant Colonel Edward Von Brockdorff, Archbishop Sir Michael Gonzi and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-02-35
  • Item
  • 20-12-1967

    • Part of Memorja

(From left) Major Henry Louis Gatt, Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister George Borg Olivier, Governor-General Sir Maurice Dorman, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Archbishop Sir Michael Gonzi.

Spinola bay

Spinola bay

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-02-61
  • Item
  • 1920s-1930s

    • Part of Memorja

Spinola Palace is visible in the background

Ephemera

  • MT NAM MEM-0007HLG-03
  • Series
  • 1910-2017

    • Part of Memorja

Written Account

Written Account

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01-01
  • Item
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina spoke about his life in Lampedusa, where he was born and when he took up the fisherman's trade. His life constituted of migration since he emigrated to Malta when he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and then he emigrated again to Australia to provide a better life for his children. His contribution to this theme has been very important since he spoke of fishermen from Marsaxlokk and about the 'Rocky' family who were his adoptive family in Malta.

Mikelina Vella_27.06.2017

Mikelina Vella_27.06.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0012MV-01-01
  • File
  • 27/06/2017

    • Part of Memorja

Dates covered: 1927-2017. In her interview, Mikelina Vella described her wartime experiences in Mosta. She talked about the air raids, the Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.), the scarcity of food, the black market and the Operation Pedestal convoy. She finished off by singing a wartime song from her childhood.

Giovanni Frangapane_1_24.09.2017

Giovanni Frangapane_1_24.09.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0002GF-01-01
  • File
  • 24/09/2017

    • Part of Memorja

Dates covered: 1800-2017. Giovanni Fragapane is considered the historian of Lampedusa. He started the interview with an explanation of his research, the sources he used and the history of Lampedusa. He traced the relations between Lampedusa and the Knights of Malta. He described the origin of the Maltese colony in Lampedusa from 1800 to 1843 and its impact on the Island. In the second part of the interview, he focused on his experiences and memories about Malta. He described the conference for peace in the Mediterranean after the Gaddafi crisis and the Mintoff period. The last part of the interview focuses on the history of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lampedusa, the history of the statue and the religious feast.

Giovanni Frangapane_part04_24.09.2017

Giovanni Frangapane_part04_24.09.2017

  • MT NAM MEM-0002GF-01-01-04
  • Item
  • 24/09/2017

    • Part of Memorja

The last part of the interview focuses on the history of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lampedusa, the history of the statue and the religious feast.

Ephemera

  • MT NAM MEM-0002GF-03
  • Series
  • 1962

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM
  • Subfonds
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina was born in Lampedusa on the 2nd December 1932. His father was a fisherman and his mother a housewife.
He started to help other fisherman at the age of eight and at twelve years of age he left school to start working as fisherman. He plied his trade between Lampedusa and Malta till 1958. In 1958 he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and they had two daughters (Nicolette and Antoinette) and one son (Joseph). From 1959 till 1973 he travelled between Malta and Libya and worked as a steel fixer. In 1973 the family decided to move to Australia, where Giacomo worked as a labourer till 1997. He had been retired when the interview was recorded.

Interview

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01
  • Series
  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

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