Migrants- Petra
Family Name: | Pavlidis |
Name: | Demosthenes |
Year of Birth: | 1933 |
Father' Name: | Georgios (Petra) |
Mother's Name: | Despina Boubouglia (Tenedos) |
Siblings: | Efstratios, Maria (Zafiroglou), Ignatios, Apostolos, Foto (Pappou), Pavlos, Apollonas |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1951 |
Sponsor: | Stavros and Nearhos (Petra) |
Married: | Elvira Angeli (Agia Paraskevi) |
Children: | Ekaterina, Georgios |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Fish Shops |
Above: The Pavlidis family; with my parents, Georgios and Despina, and all my siblings.
Above Right: My father, Georgios, using his motored machine to grind wheat and make flour.
Above: A portrait.
Above Right: Working in Bill's Cafe in Wellington, New South Wales. I worked there for nine years in the 1950's. L-R: Maria Tragakis, myself, Peter Vrondis (from Eressos) and Efstratios Giannakis (from Agia Paraskevi).
Above: Wellington, New South Wales. Harvesting olives at Vasilios Tragakis' olive groves. L-R: Sarandos Zaloumes, Theo Halbeas and me.