Migrants- Paleohori

 

Surname: Halaka 
Name: Evangelia 
Year of Birth:  1935
Father's Name: Christos (Paleohori) 
Mother's Name:   Paradisia Malama (Paleohori)
Siblings: Christina (Zadelli)
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1956
Sponsor:    Panagiotis Mouhtouris (my fiance at the time) 
Married: Panagiotis Mouhtouris (Paleohori) 
Children:  Paradisia (Patricia), Maria, Apostolos, Christina 
City of Residence: Sydney
Livelihood: Small Business: The Elysian Cafe (Mendooran, New South Wales)

 

Above: My parents, Christos and Paradisia.

Above Right: With my friend, Zoe Katsarou.

 

Above: Apokries in Mytilene with friends. From left, we are: me, Despina Paraskevaidou, Ioulia and Mrs Patselli9 with her children).

Above Right: At the Singer Centre in Mytilene, learning how to sow. I am first from the left.

   

Above: A self-portrait- taken before I migrated to Australia.

Above Middle: On my honeymoon at Gosford. From left, we are: Panagiotis Ahilaras, me, Metaxia Ahilara, my cousin, Mersini Ahilara and her husband, Apostolos. The other boy is Giorgos. My husband, Panagiotis, is taking the photograph.

Above Right: With my daughter, Paradisia (Patricia) at the back of the Pater Pan Cafe in Trundle (central-west New South Wales).

Above: Visiting Greece (1969). From left, we are: my husband, Panagiotis; Vangelis Skafidas; my children- Paradisia (Patricia), Maria and Apostolos- my sister-in-law, Evangelia; Vasiliki Lekas and her husband, Vangelis. I am taking the photograph.