"It all began on a warm Sunday morning, February 24th, 1974",  founder member and first president Pasquale Rossi's own recollection of the beginnings of the Altavilla Sports and Social Club, as told in his Presidents Report for the first Annual General Meeting in 1975.

Montiverdi Singers perform at the 1996 Italian Festival in the Festival Concerto at the Adelaide Town Hall

Pasquale Rossi's dedication to the Italian community was recognised in 1991 when he was bestowed the honour of the inaugural South Italian of the Year Award.

Lorenzo Russo granted the benefit of Land by Royal Decree of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Lorenzo Rossi is the first in our line of ancestors to be called "Rossi" due to a spelling error made on his birth certicate in 1897.