"My first job in Australia was pushing a wheelbarrow with concrete and cement"

Milvio Mondolo

Source: Courtesy of Milvio Mondolo

First part of the story of Milvio Mondolo, who arrived in Sydney in 1961 from Pozzuolo del Friuli.


Despite having learned from his father to work wood, his passion has always been electronics. In Australia in 1961 it was not easy to find a job so Milvio's first job was pushing a wheelbarrow for a concrete and cement Company.



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