Greek-Australian Archive – Evangelia Athanassiou
Item
- Title
- Greek-Australian Archive – Evangelia Athanassiou
- Subject
- Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
- Immigrants
- Greek language, Modern
- Voyages and travels
- Business enterprises
- New South Wales
- Category
- 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
- Author
- Athanassiou, Evangelia
- Keywords
- Greeks in Australia
- Oral history
- Creator
- Doumanis, Nick
- Current holder
- State Library of New South Wales
- Date
- June 16, 2023
- Access rights
- Digitised
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Place
- Sydney
- Language
- Greek (Modern)
- Description from source
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Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: factory worker, takeaway food proprietor, station assistant Year of arrival: 1962 Method of transport: Aeroplane Evangelia was born in a remote mountain village in Epirus’ Souli region. She worked on the family farm until 1962, when she migrated to Australia. Her fiancé Evangelos followed a year later, and the couple lived in shared housing. After working in several factories, in 1968 Evangelia and her husband purchased a takeaway food business, which they sold in 1974 after winning a lottery. The family stayed in Bexley, and Evangelia worked happily for the State Rail Authority until her retirement.
- Physical format
- Sound recording
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