Migrants- Agia Paraskevi

 

Surname: Karakonstanti
Name: Stavroula (Stella)
Year of Birth:  1924-2014
Father's Name: Zafiris (Agia Paraskevi)
Mother's Name:   Garifalanthi Giannaka (Agia Paraskevi)
Siblings: Dimitrios, Efstratios, Efrosini (Pirpirini), Ioannis, Marianthi (Kafe) 
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1953
Sponsor: Efstratios Karakonstantis (my uncle) 
Married: Dimitrios Armadas (Agia Paraskevi)
Children:  Victoria, Garoufalanthi
City of Residence: Macksville and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Livelihood: Small Business- The Bridge Cafe 

 

Above: My mother, Garifalanthi, spinning wool.

Above Right: A portrait.

 

Above: Celebrating May Day at Agio Tharaponta. I am sixth from the right (in the back row), while my cousin, Ourania Demosthenou (fifth from right), Valentini Kidoniatou (fourth from right) and Efterpi Alvanou (first from the right) are with me.

Above Right: Making baklava for Chrystofia Tsakiris' engagement in The Bridge Cafe, Macksville. L-R: Chrystofia; my husband, Dimitrios; my brother-in-law, Ioannis Kafes; myself; my sister, Marianthi; and my niece, Zefi.