Migrants- Samos
Family Name: | Efstathiou |
Name: | Georgios |
Year of Birth: | 1942 |
Father's Name: | Emmanouil |
Mother's Name: | Kassandra Kanelou |
Siblings: | Ralia (Karakonstanti), Diamando (Hatzivasiliou), Evangelos, Stamatia (Petrou), Thalia |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1963 |
Sponsor: | Diamando and Stamatia (my sisters) |
Married: | Efterpi (Effy) Hatzistamatiou (Ano Vathi, Samos) |
Children: | Kassandra, Emmanouil, Ioanna |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Shucker (Oyster Opener) |
Above: My parents, Kassandra and Emmanouil.
Above Right: My first photograph in Australia, which was taken at Enmore Park, Enmore. I am on the left, while the other two fellows are workmates.
Above and Above Right: Two photographs taken at Samian social functions. In the black-and-white photograph, I am dancing in the middle on the circle. In the picnic photograph, I am cooking the barbaque, while my wife, Efterpi (Effy) and son, Emmanouil, are on the left.
Above: As a shucker (oyster opener) at Seafood Systems, St Peters, Sydney. I had been a shucker since 1972 and subsequently for forty years. For most of the years, I worked at Waterloo Oysters, which were initially owned by my brother-in-law, Alex Hatzivasiliou who then sold the business to Peter Louis.