Migrants- Dafia
Surname: | Contou |
Name: | Melpomeni |
Year of Birth: | 1927 |
Father's Name: | Nikolaos |
Mother's Name: | Permathoula Gavriil |
Siblings: | Kalliope (Sikiotou), Alkiviades, Rallis, Ahilleas |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1955 |
Sponsor: | Gov't Sponsored Program (DEME) |
Married: | Georgios Christou (Dafia) |
Children: | Paraskevas, Kyriakoula |
City of Residence: | Sydney |
Livelihood: | Factory Hand- Dunlop Tyres |
Above: My parenst, Nikolaos and Permathoula.
Above Middle: As a teenager in Kalloni.
Above Right: With my son, Paraskevas, who was four months old at the time.
Above: Port Kembla (New South Wales), 1956. My husband was working at Port Kembla Steelworks at the time. He and I are first and second from the left respectively.
Above Right: With my family: my husband, Georgios, and our children, Paraskevas and Kyriakoula.
Above: On the Patris and on our way to Greece for a holiday (1967). My daughter, Kyriakoula, is third from the right ; she is about to recite a poem. I am first from the left in the second row- next to me is my brother, Rallis.
Above Right: Visiting our family fields in Dafia, Pigadelia, with my husband, Georgios.