Migrants- Samos
Family Name: | Hatzistamatiou |
Name: | Efterpi (Effy) |
Year of Birth: | 1946 |
Father's Name: | Ioannis |
Mother's Name: | Georgia Kretsou |
Siblings: | Polyxeni (Plastargias) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1965 |
Sponsor: | Despina Karida (my cousin) |
Married: | Georgios Efstathiou (Paleokastro, Samos) |
Children: | Kassandra, Emmanouil, Ioanna |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Factory hand |
Above: My father, Ioannis, and my paternal grandmother, Despina Hatzistamatiou (nee: Karabelas).
Above Right: My parents, Ioannis and Georgia.
Above: School Play at Christmas. The photograph captures the Nativity scene; I am seated fifth from the right.
Above Right: With my god-daughter, Efterpi.
Above: First job in Syndey, Australia; it was a factory which made boxes for shoes, shirts and other things. Here I am with my fellow work friends during our lunchbreak. I am on the left.
Above Right: At a Samian social dance (Sydney); I am first from the left, while my husband, Georgios, who is holding our daughter, Kassandra, is first from the right.