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Post WW2 Australia flung open its doors to anyone willing to come and European migrants flocked from their war-torn homeland. One in six of these were Italians with the promise of a better life. Instead, they found themselves alone in a peculiar surroundings and face-to-face with "real" Aussies. Fearing what they didn't understand, Australians were suspicious of these new arrivals. Coffee made from odd machines and a food called "pizza" were all things to be wary of but it wouldn't deter the passionate migrants. Simply, they re-created all the things they missed from home in one particular street of a rundown Melbourne suburb. It was a blank canvas, and in time, this small strip of shops would become many and assume the name "Little Italy"