Joe Galea interviewed by Barry York in the Maltese Australian folklife and social history project, 1985 [sound recording]

Galea recalls his father's work in Malta and abroad; emigration of other family members; emigration procedures in Malta duirng the 1930s; Henry Casolani, Malta's Superintendent of Emigration; father's and brother's work on the land in Sunshine, Melbourne; brother's work at Albion quarry, Melbourne; Maltese stalls at the Victoria Market; conscription into the Army during World War II; how he came to be classed Absence Without Leave (AWOL) from the Army; Camp Pell in Melbourne; period at Pendle Hill in Sydney whilst AWOL; Baiada Poultry; voyage to Australia on the 'Jervis Bay'; Maltese small businessmen in the City of Melbourne; Maltese clubs; the Pace family in the suburb of Sunshine; differences in life between Australia and Malta; work as a stone carter in Malta; father's advice before Joe emigrated; return to Malta in 1953 to marry; work on parents' land in Sunshine and work at the Albion quarry; anecdote about Army; sense of ethnic identity.