tax levies and fear of devine punishment thwarted the egalitarian movement. The outcome of this development was that the peasants remained poor and the large estate holders became richer and conditions conducive to mass emigration were perpetuated (Crispino p17). The majority of Italians that have settled in Australia, came from the southern parts of Italy; Sicily, Calabria, Campania and the Abruzzi (Study Guide p57). This form of mass migration from the south, was in many ways a direct relation to the oppressive conditions faced by peasant farmers who found it very difficult to even provide enough subsistence for their families. This migration was not seen as a bad thing by those in the south, in many
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