Migrants- Paleohori
Family Name: | Markou |
Name: | Irini |
Life: | 1946- 1969 |
Father's Name: | Panagiotis (Paleohori) |
Mother's Name: | Maria Halaka (Paleohori) |
Siblings: | Mersina (Malama), Sophia (Protogero), Georgios |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1963 |
Sponsor: | Konstantinos Markos (her uncle) |
City of Residence: | Sydney |
Livelihood: | Machinist- sewing |
Above: Irini (right) with her older sister, Sophia, and their mother, Maria.
Above Middle: At a Panygiri in Megalohori, with Evangelia Aligianni (left). Circa 1962.
Above Right: With Anna Koutlis (right) on the liner, Patris, on their way to Australia. Circa 1963.
Above: When she arrived in Sydney, she initially worked in a coffee and jewellery shops. However, she loved sewing her own clothes and for relatives.
Above Middle: With her brother, Giorgos (middle) and her cousin, Mary (standing, right). Her sister, Mersina, is sitting with daughters, Maria and Eleni.