Australia–Italy relations

Australia–Italy relations are foreign relations between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Italian Republic. Australia has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in Milan. Italy has an embassy in Canberra, 2 general consulates (in Melbourne and Sydney) and 3 consulates (in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth). Italy and Australia have for long years, sustained a sturdy and positively friendly relationship in the categories of immigration, political strategy, and commercial trade.

Australia-Italy relations

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Monthly value of Australian merchandise exports to Italy (A$ millions) since 1988
Monthly value of Italian merchandise exports to Australia (A$ millions) since 1988

As of 2011 there were around 916,000 people of Italian descent living in Australia.[1]

History

As a result of the Abyssinia Crisis and the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, the Australian government enacted the Sanctions Act 1935, which barred Australians from doing business with Italy unless authorised by the government.[2]

Australia and Italy were at war during World War II. During the war Italian citizens in Australia were sent to internment camps as enemy aliens.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Italy country brief".
  2. "Sanctions Act 1935". Federal Register of Legislation.
  3. Mia Spizzica (6 December 2011). "Why Australia must apologise to Italians interned during World War II". The Conversation. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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