Amina Belgiorno-Nettis (née Cerino-Zegna) (d. 2015), the daughter of a prosperous northern Italian family, met Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE (1915-2006) at a dance. Her father, an engineer, approved of the match. In 1951, the couple wed by proxy, with Franco, in Australia on business, represented at the altar of Turin Cathedral by his brother. Joining her husband in Australia, Amina raised their three sons, Marco Belgiorno-Zegna and Luca and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, born between 1953 and 1959. For many years Franco and Amina divided their time between Sydney and Florence. Following Franco's death in Italy in 2006, the family gave $4 million to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the purchase of contemporary artworks, which are now displayed in a gallery space that bears the family name. Amina was a Governor of the Biennale of Sydney, as was her son Luca.
