Antonio Azzopardi
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Antonio Azzopardi was the first Maltese free settler in Australia
He was born in Zejtun, Malta to Angelo Azzopardi (merchant) and Euphemia Cachia and emigrated to Victoria on board the Mary Hay in 1839. He was a seaman for the first few years after his arrival. He married Margaret Hannah Sandeman 1818-1912 a Scottish woman from Perth in Perthshire, Scotland on the 23rd of October 1845 at the Collins Street Melbourne Independent Congregational Church. He worked as a mail contractor and then a canvasser for the Melbourne Herald. Later he bought a printing press and became a printer. He died in 1881 at his residence 5 Erin Street, North Richmond
. Notable descendants include Australian Ambassador - Noel St Clair Deschamps (1908-2005), War World Two Australian Army Captain - Paul Warnford Deschamps 1915-1976 Awarded the Military Cross for War in the Pacific and Australian Artists - Angelo James Azzopardi 1846-1896 and Marguerite Henriette Mahood nee Callaway 1901-1989.
Azzopardi is included in the famous photographic montage published by Thomas Foster Chuck in 1872 entitled “The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria
”. He is number 84 in the montage and is listed as “A. Azzopardi”.
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He was born in Zejtun, Malta to Angelo Azzopardi (merchant) and Euphemia Cachia and emigrated to Victoria on board the Mary Hay in 1839. He was a seaman for the first few years after his arrival. He married Margaret Hannah Sandeman 1818-1912 a Scottish woman from Perth in Perthshire, Scotland on the 23rd of October 1845 at the Collins Street Melbourne Independent Congregational Church. He worked as a mail contractor and then a canvasser for the Melbourne Herald. Later he bought a printing press and became a printer. He died in 1881 at his residence 5 Erin Street, North Richmond
North Richmond, Victoria
North Richmond is an official unbounded neighbourhood located in inner Melbourne in the vicinity of North Richmond railway station. It is in the City of Yarra municipality....
. Notable descendants include Australian Ambassador - Noel St Clair Deschamps (1908-2005), War World Two Australian Army Captain - Paul Warnford Deschamps 1915-1976 Awarded the Military Cross for War in the Pacific and Australian Artists - Angelo James Azzopardi 1846-1896 and Marguerite Henriette Mahood nee Callaway 1901-1989.
Azzopardi is included in the famous photographic montage published by Thomas Foster Chuck in 1872 entitled “The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria
The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria (historical photographic montage)
The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria is a historical photographic montage of 1872 by Thomas Foster Chuck . It consists of a framed collection of 713 photographs of the early settlers of Victoria.-History:...
”. He is number 84 in the montage and is listed as “A. Azzopardi”.