Migrants- Paleohori
Family Name: | Koutsouradis |
Name: | Pandelis |
Year of Birth: | 1933 |
Father's Name: | Dimitrios (Paleohori) |
Mother's Name: | Ekaterina Mihalakelli (Megalohori) |
Siblings: | Panagiotis, Irini (Halaka), Zaharo (Zaloumi) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1960 |
Sponsor: | Irini Halaka (my sister) |
Married: | Mersini Malama (Paleohori) |
Children: | Dimitrios, Venetia, Efstathios |
City of Residence: | Sydney |
Livelihood: | Small Business- shops |
Above: Paleohori, 1973. Outside Ganosis' mixed business. I had gone back to Greece for a holiday. From left, we are: Eftsratios Psarianos, Pandelis Zadelis, Dimitrios Loupos, myself, Efstathios Koutsouradis, Aristides Skivalakis, Apostolos Ganosis, Dimitrios Kaldelis, Dimitrios Koutsouradis (my father) and Panagiotis Pandelelis.
Above: With friends, Efstratios Zaloumis (left) and Giorgos Kapounis (right) in Plomari.
Above: My portrait from National Service (1955-58).
Above Middle: In N.S.W country town, Jerilderie, where I owned the mixed business shop. Circa 1961.
Above Right: My family seeing off my fiance at the time, who is migrating to Australia. From left, they are: Vasiliki Koutsouradi, my fiance, Mersini Malama, Panagiotis Koutsouradis (my brother), Zaharo Zaloumi (my sister)and my mother, Ekaterini is holding Persa Zaloumi.
Above: Melbourne, 1964. With my wife, Mersini, and our friend, Spyridoula.
Above Right: My three children, Dimitrios, Efstathios and Venetia.
Above: The Paleohori Association's Committee (1983). In the top row: Apostolis Tsimnadis, Pandelis Koutsouradis, Ioannis Malamas, Giorgos Mavraganis, Panagiotis Crisafis and Kaldis Karabetsos. In the bottom row are: Efstratios Protogeros, Ioannis Malamas, Nikos Andronikos, Grigorios Mouhtouris and Panagiotis Malamas. Pandelis was President of the Association for four years in the early-mid 1980's and remained an active Committee members for many years after that.
Above Right: With friends. From left, we are: Iraklis Malamas (my brother-in-law), Spyros Malamas, Panagiotis Halakas, Pandelis Koutsouradis and myself.