Dr Albert Ip - local medical hero and opera star. Enjoy Caro Mio Ben
For those of you who may have missed it - please savour this rendition of Unchained Melody. https://youtu.be/ToS0GMmqyYA
Tammi and the Jonai Farms have shared a valued recipe with our community. Enjoy! Porchetta di testa As committed nose to tail eaters, we were delighted to discover porchetta di…
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To start the weekend off, please meet Tony Hunter. Swiss Italian descendent, wine maker and all round great guy! https://youtu.be/4xdD_s61Brk
***The Hepburn Walk is booked out. But the Daylesford walk still has spaces.*** As part of "Swiss Italian Festa 2021", our latest collaboration brings you "Cammino di Hepburn" (a…
The past 18 months has been very challenging in the arts and cultural space. That is not news to any of us. So we are very happy and grateful to…
The Festa Committee together with Daylesford Picnic Boxes is delighted to be able to present a very special Swiss Italian Picnic Hamper for the weekend of 23 & 24 October.…
Calling all locals to help celebrate our Swiss Italian Festa! The children’s lantern parade has been a longstanding and loved part of the Festa. This year we’re celebrating the idea of…
The Swiss Italian Festa is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Mallyon as the judge of the Senior Section for the Landscape Art Show being held over the weekend…
Calling all our local artists! The Festa Committee, together with Rotary, are thrilled to announce the first event for the 2021 Swiss Italian Festa. In keeping with tradition, the…
The Hepburn Swiss Italian Festa was delighted to recently host a launch of Antonio Pagliaro's new English translation of Georgio Cheda's The Emigration of Swiss Italians to the Australian Goldrush…
This recipe for Paste di Mandorle from Silvia Colloca is one that I have baked many times. You may have sampled one at one of our fundraiser stalls. They're delicious with coffee,…
Italian-speaking settlers planted many of the first vineyards in Victoria. In May 1882, a list of vine growers in Victoria was compiled by the Victorian Board of Viniculture. Many local…
Like their counterparts from all corners of the world, the Italian speakers’ first goldfield homes were tents. After some years, those who decided to make the Jim Crow (Daylesford) Goldfield…
By the time my great-grandfather disembarked in Melbourne in 1882, the allure of the gold that had attracted so many Swiss Italians to Australia had moved well beyond Victoria, all…
