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Greek-Australian Archive – Kiki Betti (Angela Petroulaki)

Item

Title

Greek-Australian Archive – Kiki Betti (Angela Petroulaki)

Subject

Australia--Emigration and immigration—History

Immigrants

Greek language, Modern

Voyages and travels

Employment

Category

5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)

Author

Kiki Betti (Angela Petroulaki)

Keywords

Greeks in Australia

Oral history

theatre

Creator

Doumanis, Nick

Current holder

State Library of New South Wales

Date

May 12, 2018

Link

https://greekaustralianarchive.sl.nsw.gov.au/oral-histories/kiki-betti-angela-petroulaki

Access rights

Digitised

Rights 

Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Country of origin

Australia

Place

Sydney

Language 

Greek (Modern)

Description from source

Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: Actor, Factory worker Year of arrival: 1967 Method of transport: Aeroplane Kiki Betti was born near the south-western tip of the Peloponnese, to a poor farming family. As a teenager she moved with her family to Athens in 1963, where she did factory work. Frustrated by the limited employment prospects, she took advantage of Australia’s assisted migration scheme and moved to Australia in 1967. She married an Italian from Egypt and raised two daughters in Sydney’s Inner West. Ms Betti has spent much of life engaged in cultural pursuits, particularly Greek theatre. Interview summary Kiki Betti explains why she left Greece and why she decided to remain in Australia despite planning to return. She explains how she wanted to see the world, what it was like as a young woman in 1960s Sydney, and why she was drawn to a life in Greek community arts.

Physical format

Sound recording

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