Abstract The Post-WWII period witnessed a large immigration flow of Italians towards Australia. This was facilitated by the assisted passage scheme funded by the Italian and Australian governments. Italian migrants, as well as diverse migrant groups, brought with them cultural practices and a way of life, which are nowadays part of the multicultural Australian society. Namely, it is argued that first-generation Italian migrants’ houses are embedded by cultural meanings. Therefore, this research study investigates the symbolic realm of Post-WWII domestic dwellings built by Italian migrants in Brisbane, that is, the various meanings they associated with their homes. The data was collected from focus group discussion and in-depth interviews held at the Italian Club in Newmarket and at the residences of forty Veneto first generation migrants, who migrated to Australia in the Post-WWII period. The collected data has been subjected to thematic and to hermeneutic analysis. This procedure generated a list of various meanings embedded onto migrants’ houses in Brisbane. The revealed findings contribute (1) to explore a historically significant process of Australian domestic architectural development and (2) to expose the symbolic realm preserved into the built environment, which represent the national cultural heritage of Australia.

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意大利移民在澳大利亚二战后房屋的象征领域

摘要 二战后，意大利人大量涌入澳大利亚。这得益于意大利和澳大利亚政府资助的辅助通行计划。意大利移民以及不同的移民群体带来了文化习俗和生活方式，这些都是当今澳大利亚多元文化社会的一部分。也就是说，有人认为第一代意大利移民的房子被文化意义所嵌入。因此，本研究调查了意大利移民在布里斯班建造的二战后家庭住宅的象征领域，即他们与家园相关的各种意义。这些数据是从在纽马克特的意大利俱乐部和四十名威尼托第一代移民的住所进行的焦点小组讨论和深入访谈中收集的，二战后移居澳大利亚。收集到的数据经过专题分析和解释学分析。这个程序生成了一份嵌入在布里斯班移民房屋中的各种含义的清单。所揭示的发现有助于 (1) 探索澳大利亚国内建筑发展的一个具有历史意义的过程，以及 (2) 将保存在建筑环境中的象征性领域暴露出来，这代表了澳大利亚的国家文化遗产。