Greek-Australian Archive – Panagiota Banbas · Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia

Greek-Australian Archive – Panagiota Banbas

Item

Title: Greek-Australian Archive – Panagiota Banbas
Subject: Australia--Emigration and immigration—History; Immigrants; Greek language, Modern; Sydney (N.S.W.); Religion; Education; Voyages and travels
Category: 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author: Kallos, Kathy
Keywords: Greeks in Australia; Oral history
Creator: Banbas, Panagiota
Current holder: State Library of New South Wales
Date: October 11, 2019
Link: https://greekaustralianarchive.sl.nsw.gov.au/oral-histories/panagiota-banbas
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
Language: Greek (Modern)
Description from source: Interviewer: Kathy Kallos Occupation: scripture and Greek teacher Year of arrival: 1956 Method of transport: Ship (Tasmania) Panagiota was born in 1929 in the village of Kakourio (now Artemisio) in the region of Arkadia in a farming family of six children. She worked at a military hospital for over three years. Here, she met the man that would become her future husband. After a period corresponding by letters, in 1956, she migrated to Australia to join him. In Sydney, the couple first lived in Waterloo, before settling in Marrickville with their three children. She taught scripture and then Greek in the area for many years. Interview summary Panagiota begins by recalling life in the village during the Second World War, the poverty, and how her family managed to secure food. She talks about her schooling in Greece and her first job at a military hospital. She describes her journey on the Tasmania, and getting married to her husband, Nick, a few months after her arrival.
Physical format: Sound recording
Related resources: Greek-Australian Archive – Paraskevi Thurban; Greek-Australian Archive – Katina Mexis; Greek-Australian Archive – Evangelia Athanassiou; Greek-Australian Archive – Aris Nikolakakis; Greek-Australian Archive – Peter Repousis; Greek-Australian Archive – Ioannis Dimou; Greek-Australian Archive – Skevos Tsoukalas; Greek-Australian Archive – Bill Anton; Greek-Australian Archive – Evripidis Mouxouris; Greek-Australian Archive – Poppy (Kalliope) Elliott; Greek-Australian Archive – John Dimitriou; Greek-Australian Archive – Father Christos Vergos; Greek-Australian Archive – Panagiota (Yota) Krili; Greek-Australian Archive – Konstantina Tourvas

Linked resources

Filter by resource type and property:

Items with "Related resources : Greek-Australian Archive – Panagiota Banbas"
Title	Class
Greek-Australian Archive – Adrianos Kazas	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Afroditi Kalotheos	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Anna Lambrou	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Antonia Athanassiou	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Costas Vassiniotis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Dimitra Kandylas	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Emmanuel Dimitriadis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Eugenia Lambropoulos	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Evdokia Kokkinakos	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – George Michelakakis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – George Moudanidis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Kiki Betti (Angela Petroulaki)	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Konstantina Tourvas	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Kyriakitsa Kevgas	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Lea and Nikolaos Kanellakis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Maria Cotsis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Matina Kallithraka	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Melpomene Kaimasidis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Panayota Nazou	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Platon Ioakimidis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Sophia Haskas	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Sotirios Gravanis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Stavroula Moschatos	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Stavroula Mousmoutis	Text
Greek-Australian Archive – Stefania Angelou	Text