About
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Genre
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Emilia (Emilia FERMINO MATTO; FERMEIRO; Signorina EMILIA; alias Signorina Emilia DALLE CASE)
About
A young lady, seven years old, and together wtih Signorina Anna, they were described as the “Brazilian Girls”, and sometimes as sisters, they were said to have been indentured to Dalle Case in Brazil, though it was evidently also assumed by some, and at least once reported, that they were his natural or adopted daughters.
See more at Australharmony, at https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-D-1.php#DALLE-CASE-Emilia
Genre
Dates
Troupe Role (hasRole)
| Role Title | Role Description |
|---|---|
From 1840 to 1843 Till 1843 Part of |
– |
Kinship and Relationship
| Person Involved | Kinship Type | Kinship Role | Other Kinship Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Kinship and Relationship information recorded. | |||
Character (performed)
| Character | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| – | – |
Other Work (hasWork)
| Work Title | Work Type | Work Description |
|---|---|---|
| No other work information recorded. | ||
Routes
| Departure Date | From | Arrival Date | To | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No routes information recorded. | ||||
Support (hasSupport)
| Supporter Name | Type of Support | Support Description |
|---|---|---|
| No support information recorded. | ||
Associated Performance(s)
| Performance Name | Production | Festival | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition of Gymnastic, Athletics, and Other Exercises | – |
Media
Sources
Graeme Skinner (University of Sydney), “A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel–D (Da-Daz)”, Australharmony (an online resource toward the early history of music in colonial Australia): https://sydney.edu.au/paradisec/australharmony/register-D-1.php; accessed 14 October 2025.
Contributor
2025. “Emilia Fermino Matto“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.



