Migrants- Agiassos

 

Family Name: Psiroukis 
Name: Efstratios 
Year of Birth:   1932
Father's Name: Vasilios
Mother's Name:   Amerisouda "Lizzie" Koumelli 
Siblings:  Panagiotis, Christos, Despina (Mastrandona), Georgios, Diamandi (Vasila) 
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1961
Sponsor:    Savvas Pergamalis (Agiassos)
Married: Elli Hatzibikiari "Klokas" (Agiassos) 
Children:  Vasilios 
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Cleaner 

 

 Above: My father, Vasilios, sitting in the background (third from the left) lokks on at the preparations for the Apokries Carnivale.

Above Right: At Grammi Kafeneio with my friends, Panagiotis Petinellis, and Theophilos Linardos. I am on the right.

 

Above: My brothers, Christos (middle), with his daughter, Toula, with Panagiotis (right) and Philipas Rougellis.

Above Right: Athens, 1959. My brother, Christos, is migrating to Australia. From left, we are: Efstartios and Melahrini Makrellis, Stavroula Makrelli, Christos Psiroukis, myself, and the other ladies are Makrellis' neighbours.

 

Above: Atlas Club, Sydney; celebrating the Apokries Carnivale. Leading the dancing id President of the Mytilenian Brotherhood of NSW, Ioannis Zouboulis, and I am third. Circa mid 1960's.

Above Right: With my brothers, Georgios and Christos.

Above: As Chef at the Mytilenian Brotherhood of NSW. From left, we are: myself; my nephew, Vasilios; my wife, Elli; my brothers, Georgios and Christos; and my son, Vasilios.