The Mazza Archive
1916–2013

Venera Cavallaro

Of Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily.

an ancestor of Mia and Rocco a record about them has been read from the family tree, unverified

Every relationship drawn here comes from the family tree, and not one of them has yet been proved by a record. That is the honest state of this archive: the chart shows what Michael Mazza's tree asserts, and the colour tells you only whether anything at all has been read about the person at the other end. The method →

What is recorded

Born
Piedimonte Etneo, Catania, Sicily
29 March 1916
Died
Brisbane, Queensland
9 June 2013
Buried
Nudgee, Brisbane, Queensland
Arrived
Brisbane, Queensland
6 October 1953
Left
Genoa, Liguria

Where this comes from

All 9 of the relationships drawn above come from Michael Mazza's family tree, and none of them has been proved by a record this archive has read.

2 records have been read about them:

Component 1 · every Cavallaro in the archive →

Read from the register

The burial

Plot
V-0395
Nudgee Cemetery
Born
29 March 1916
Died
6 September 2013
Interred
12 September 2013
Entered as
Venera Cavallaro

Brisbane Catholic Cemeteries deceased register, read 10 September 2026. Nudgee →

The register corrects the family tree here: died 9 June 20136 September 2013. The site uses the register.

Read from the passenger index

The crossing

Ship
Surriento
inferred
Sailed from
Italy
Arrived
Fremantle
23 Sep 1953
NAA item

The dates differ by thirteen days because they are two legs of one voyage: the Surriento made Fremantle on 23 September and Brisbane on 6 October. Travelling with Luciano Cavallaro. — National Archives of Australia, passenger arrivals index 1898–1972, read 10 September 2026. The crossings →

Photographs

Venera CavallaroVenera Cavallaro

From the family's own tree, contributed by Michael Mazza and relatives. Almost none are captioned — identifications are the most valuable thing you can send.

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