Migrants- Plomari

 

Family Name: Tragaki 
Name: Maria 
Year of Birth:   1917
Father's Name: Panagiotis (Plomari)
Mother's Name:   Vasiliki 
Siblings:  Vasilios, Ekaterina (Politou), Adamandia (Papapandou), Andonios, Efstratios, Arhondoula (Tragaki), Georgios
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1948
Sponsor: Georgios Tragakis (my brother)
Married: Veniamin Gialouris (Paleohori)
Children: Vasiliki, Vasilios, Panagiotis, Kreton, Efstathios, Dimitrios, Irini, Georgios 
City of Residence: Lismore (New South Wales), and Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Small Business- Fruit Shops

 

Above: Her parents, Panagiotis and Vasiliki.
 
Above: A portrait taken before she migrated to Australia.
 
Above Right: Wellington, New South Wales. With her sister-in-law, Maria Taros.
 
Above: Parramatta, Sydney. With her brother, Georgios, who was partners in the Regent Café.
Above Right: On the banana plantation in north New South Wales that was owned by the Gialouris family. With her husband, Veniamin, and their children, Vasilis, Panagiotis, Kreton, Efstathios, Vasiliki and Dimitris, who is in the stroller. Circa 1957.
Above: With her husband, Veniamin, and their children, Vasiliki, Vasilios, Panagiotis, Kreton, Efstathios, Dimitrios, Irini and Georgios.