Membership card

Cream cardboard membership card with black printing issued by Roma Amateur Sports Club, Adelaide South Australia. The front has Mr Giordano's name, address, signature (as member and secretary) and notes that this is card holder number 2 (Tessera No2). The design on the card features picture of Romulus and Remus suckling the wolf. On the reverse is the Roma's club stamp.
Italian and other Southern European migrant communities were instrumental in increasing the popularity of soccer in Australia. Antonio Giordano's involvement in the Italian community in Australia involved a range of activities, including the promotion of sports and social gatherings. He helped set up the Roma Amateur Sports Club in 1955, and edited its newspaper. The Adelaide Juventus Sports and Social club was another organisation he headed which not only promoted sports as a way of bringing members of the community together, but also as a link with other clubs supporting Juventus in Italy and around the world.