Background
He was born in Żejtun, Malta to the merchant Angelo Azzopardi and his wife Euphemia Cachia and emigrated to Victoria on board the Mary Hay in 1839.
He was born in Żejtun, Malta to the merchant Angelo Azzopardi and his wife Euphemia Cachia and emigrated to Victoria on board the Mary Hay in 1839.
He was a seaman for the first few years after his arrival. He worked as a mail contractor and then a canvasser for the Melbourne Herald. Later he bought a printing press and became a printer.
He died in 1881 at his residence 5 Erin Street, North Richmond.
Azzopardi is included in the photographic montage published by Thomas Foster Chuck in 1872 entitled “The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria”. He is number 84 in the montage and is listed as “A. Azzopardi”.
Notable descendants include Australian Ambassador - Noel Street Clair Deschamps (1908-2005), World War Two Australian Army Captain - Paul Warnford Deschamps 1915-1976 Awarded the Military Cross for War in the Pacific and Australian Artists - Angelo James Azzopardi 1846-1896 and Marguerite Henriette Mahood née Callaway 1901-1989.
