A Macinante Australia Publication


Macinante News
Volume 1 Issue 1
FAMILY HAPPENINGS KEEPING in touch
Annual Picnic
Family, Food, Wine, Beer, and so on. The Annual Macinante Picnic is always held on the first Sunday in March each year. The 2001 Annual Picnic was held on Sunday 4th March at the George’s River Recreational Park at Picnic Point. The day was not that well attended in numbers, most probably caused by the bad weather forecast for the day, and was also present in the days preceding. However, the adventurers that braved the elements all had a great day.
Of course the usual home made food-fare was highlighted during the day. Food craft has long been a tradition in the Macinante clan, and present day is no exception.
The picnic’s main aim is to keep the family as a family. Something that some people never seem to experience. Something that is to be treasures and promoted. Keeping up to date, even though it is only once a year, is important. News of the departed and the newly arrived. Seeing familiar faces and chatting, sometimes about nothing, keeps people bonded together as a family unit. DG

Picnic 2002

J

SUNDAY 3RD MARCH, 2002

Keep this special day in mind. Note the date in your diary, highlight it on you fridge door or punch it into your computer schedule or your personal organiser. Picnic 2002 is going to be little bit different. A bit of organising beforehand should pay off to make the day interesting one.

Highlights

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Annual Picnic.

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Picnic 2002.

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Special Interest and Events

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Airport Macinante – Arrivals and Departures.
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Your Say ! Have a shot – anonymous if you like!

What I mean by organising is …. let’s make sure that as many members of the family as possible know what date the picnic is to be held and where. New ideas for the day would also be great. Of course the new ideas need to be spread around before the day as well.

More later. DG

Family Website

Mick Macinante has put a tremendous effort into formatting and organising the Macinante Family Internet Website. Anyone who has access to the world wide web via a personal computer can search the information and pictures included in the site.

Web site address is :-

http://macinante.com

Mick has been adding a lot to the site and wishes to keep doing so. In order for him to accomplish this he needs input from the family.

So far the site has quite a good deal of historical photographs and detailed accounts of some of the family characters. The photos remind us of the struggles that the pioneering Mac’s went through to establish the family in their new home. Undoubtedly, there must be stories, factual of course, of some of the colourful characters and events that will fire up the imagination of the present day clan. If the story cannot be included in the website it will be archived in the family rogues gallery book. DG

Newsletter 2

New ideas come and go. I thought that a family news letter might be fun to publish and capture the interest of some of the younger members of the family. It may also serve to stir the memories of the older generation. And you know what happens when the memories are stirred ….. stories, fable and true come to light and are put forward to gain the attention of the less experienced.

Lessons learned from the old crew are some of the best. Achievements made, such as those of ‘The Professor’ working with the CSIRO. His substantial progress in some of the most complex theories into the technology of vibration effects on the submarine. It’s all in the family.

Email your bright ideas to:

Gentled@acay.com.au

Food Craft

Food has long been one of the most important aspects of civilisation. The produce from specific areas of the world highlights the particular region. The method of preparing and presenting the food differs within each region. But! Those specific secrets of ingredients, those special herbs and spices, the special care taken to put the entire dish together to obtain ‘that unique taste’ is only attributed to trained chefs. As we all know, the best chefs operate with the handed down gastronomical talents that define the styles of each family. Unfortunately, sometimes these secrets are lost in the passing of talented ancestors.

Being noted for my liking of great food, and not being shy to try anything at least once, has been a blessing. During my wedded relationship with the Macinante Family, my gastronomical senses have been well educated and broadened. Norm’s vinegar, pork sausages, olives … the list is endless. Mary’s garlic chick peas certainly pack a punch along with the quaint quick dish of ‘Orvis-d-l’aqua’ and her famous ‘Storchi’.

These, and all other aspects of the Macinante Families’ Food Craft need to be documented for future generations to experience. The list is endless… just think of anything you eat, or drink for that matter, that carries the Macinante Brand.

Hence, my request for recipes that have been handed down among the family. Please put your memories down on paper and bring them along to the Annual Picnic. In the future there may be a book published. If the Doyle Family can do it, so can the Macinante Family. DG

Story Tellers

Stories ….. we love to hear stories about those ‘good old days’. From an early age we all hear the stories that send the listeners into fits of laughing rapture. Tears rolling down the cheeks of red faced Dads and Uncles, with their bodies shaking and their crossed hands wrapped around their middle as if there insides were going the depart their torsos. Fun!

There are also those stories of hardship and determination that bind the Family together. I have yet to see a Macinante who cannot take command of a good piece of family history and turn it into a great saga, such as, "shooting galahs in the main street of Leeton with a 12 gauge shot gun" …… "Someone who apparently needed a ‘tractoro’ to pull them out of the country dunny" There’s plenty to choose from for some entertainment and historical education for all.

Story tellers come forth at the 2002 Picnic. Pleasant surprises will be in store! DG

Your Say C

In every family there is some saying or some other idiosyncrasy that is specific to an individual. We all know the time when something is said and we all know who said it. Individuality! Specific points of view can appear in MN for all to read and keep in memory.

"Ocky is the best bait for bream!" DG – Circa 1972

"Keep that fresh ocky for the pasta!" DG – Circa 1975

Profile

This space will be for a profile of a family member and is planned to take up the space of around one column of the MN issue in which it appears. This article needs to be the writing, or "ramblings", of a member of our family. So let’s get some ideas together so that it can be in the next issue of MN!

Who to contact? Bring to the Picnic!

Airport Macinante Q

Arrivals and Departures. As we all know families are ever changing. New arrivals are the joy that keeps us going. The departures from the family are sad for those who are left. However, it is though those people that the family was generated and educated into the ways of the world. Both events are significant milestones in the chronology of the family.

ARRIVALS

Name of new member – Birthdate - Parents –– Details

DEPARTURES

Name of departed – Date - Loved ones - Details

Family Trees

Family Trees are being developed by a host of people, not to mention the Macinante family that we al know so well. I have been surprised to find, that a good number of people, whom you would never suspect of being budding genealogists, have put together information that has been passed along to them and, in some cases, have developed graphic family trees.

The basic information about family members, such as birth dates and locations, marriage dates and locations, siblings etc. make good basic records for family trees. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you find that a family member, or PR, is your neighbour.

The Macinante family tree has had a good start and should be developed from here. Future generations then have the background, in black ‘n white, of their global heritage. DG

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