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Greek-Australian Archive – Poppy (Kalliope) Elliott

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Title: Greek-Australian Archive – Poppy (Kalliope) Elliott
Subject: Australia--Emigration and immigration—History; Immigrants; Greek language, Modern; Voyages and travels; Sydney (N.S.W.); Employment
Category: 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author: Elliott, Poppy (Kalliope)
Keywords: Greeks in Australia; Oral history
Creator: Doumanis, Nick
Current holder: State Library of New South Wales
Date: February 28, 2023
Link: https://greekaustralianarchive.sl.nsw.gov.au/oral-histories/poppy-kalliope-elliott
Access rights: Digitised
Country of origin: Australia
Place: Sydney
Language: Greek (Modern)
Description from source: Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: hospital attendant, factory worker, homemaker Year of arrival: 1960 Method of transport: Ship (Patris) Poppy (Kalliope) was born in 1934 on the island of Kos, which was then under Italian rule. She was hired at the age of 13 by a doctor in Athens to assist his wife with child-rearing duties. This was the first in a series of jobs where the employer neglected to pay her wages. This experience compelled her to emigrate to Australia in 1960. Very soon after her arrival, Poppy was introduced by a Kastellorizian woman to her son, Plato Elliott, and the two were married within a few months. Interview summary Poppy begins by describing her experiences in Athens, where she worked a series of jobs, including a long stint in a hospital. She then recalls her years in Rhodes, where she made many friends and enrolled in a migrant training centre for people bound for Australia. Poppy also provides a rich account of her early months in Sydney, the circumstances leading up to her marriage and life in her suburban home in Kingsford.
Physical format: Sound recording
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