my dad, pietro zannino from catanzaro who went to ausralia in 1926 thru melbourne and later settled in sydney used to sponser people from italy to australia some of these people were maned franco zannino and emelio cara. i don't know if u have access to any of these details from australia but if u do any info would be apreciated

Does anyone know where to find records to or from Aulstralia? I know Ancestry has something - don't they?

This is most of what ancestry has. Some of the databases are actually free!
Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1933 Directories Australia 9,724,083
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Census Australia 277,066
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 Census Australia 110,103
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 Census Australia 74,662
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) Census Australia 52,001
Who’s Who in Australia, 1921-1950 FREE Directories Australia 51,008
Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany 1861-91 FREE Court, Land, Probate Australia 19,734
New South Wales, Australia 1828 - 1842: Bounty Immigrants List FREE Immigration Australia 6,473
William Shaw, Trip from Australia to California, 1849 FREE Histories United States Of America; California 578
Benedictine Pioneers in Australia, Vol. 1 Histories Australia 64,538

I did a quick search of the surname. It looks like it is largely American hits. No Australian hits that I see. There seem to be several Zanino family trees. If you have ancestry, you may want to comb through those.

Thanks Poipu. Hey, I thought you fixed your avatar? I still do not see it.