How did the Italian community thrive in Australia?

As Nonna Katia explains when describing her first few months in Australia, community was one way to keep her Italian traditions alive in her new country. The Italian immigrants lived in their own little world, and as more Italians immigrated to Australia, the community grew to where the Italians didn’t need to make friends with Australians or assimilate to Australian culture. Within their community, traditions such as making tomato sauce from scratch and reporting everyone’s movements to their relatives thrived.