Migrants- Agia Paraskevi
Family Name: | Karakonstantis |
Name: | Efstratios |
Life: |
1901- 1969 |
Father' Name: | Nikolaos (Polyhnitos) |
Mother's Name: | Garifalia (Agia Paraskevi) |
Siblings: | Miltiades, Panagiotis, Christos, Diamandi, Zafiris, Apostolos |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1923 |
Married: | Anna Sarika (Agia Paraskevi) |
Children: | Ioannis, Diamonde, Garifalanthi |
City of Residence: | Port Macquarie (New South Wales) and Sydney |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Ritz Milk Bar (Port Macquarie) |
Above: In Asia Minor, during the Greek-Turkish War (1919-1922). Efstratios is first from the left, while Theoklis Zirzivili is on the right.
Above Middlet: His brother, Panagiotis, with his wife, Angeliki. Panagiotis had migrated to the United States of America.
Above Right: His sister, Diamandi, with her husband, Nikolaos.
Above: With his friend, Efstratios Giannakellis (right). Sydney, mid 1920's.
Above Right: For many years (late 1920's- early 1930-'s), Efstratios worked for the Nicholas Brothers in their Cafe in Merriwa (Hunter Valley).
Above: On his wedding day outside Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Sydney. In the back row are: Rosie, Efstratios and his wife, Anna, and her sister, Electra Sofianos (nee: Sarika). In the front row are: Anna, Kathleen and Effy Sofianos, and Katina Kretzas.
Above Right: In the Ritz Milk Bar, Port Macquarie with his brother-in-law, Dimitrios Sarikas. Although Dimitrios was working in Barraba at the time, he came to Port Macquarie to help Efstratios during the busy summer season. Circa 1949