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}}</ref> as a media storm swelled around them. Eventually, they were hired out by the colony to English-speaking families for thirty pounds a year, in an attempt to force the Italians to assimilate into Australian culture.<ref name=IARP/><ref name=Mus2/> Families were torn apart, and many of the colonists hoped to settle an area of New South Wales, as enough skilled tradesmen existed among the settlers to form an established settlement. Hearing of land becoming available in the north, some colonists surveyed and individually claimed<ref name=IARP/><ref name=Mus2/> areas that collectively formed a {{convert|3000|acre|km2|0|sing=on}} parcel, and established the settlement of [[New Italy, New South Wales|New Italy]]<ref name=Satchel/><ref name=Mus2/> on the [[Richmond River]] near [[Woodburn, New South Wales|Woodburn]] in 1882. Many of the former colonists moved to that area.<ref name=IARP/><ref name=Mus2/>
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