Migrants- Agia Paraskevi
Surname: | Karapatsa |
Name: | Maria |
Year of Birth: | 1943 |
Father's Name: | Georgios (Agia Paraskevi) |
Mother's Name: | Stavroula Koukourovli (Agia Paraskevi) |
Siblings: | Panagiotis, Eleni (Hatzoglou) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1961 |
Sponsor: | Christos Yiannakas (my husband) |
Married: | Christos Yiannakas (Agia Paraskevi) |
Children: | Fotios, Stavroula (Sandra) |
City of Residence: | West Wyalong and Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Cafes, Sandwich Bar |

Above: At the Citizenship ceremony in West Wyalong (1963). In the front row are: Froso Koumania, Ioannis Poulos and myself. Behind us - on the left- is Panagiotis Koumanias and my husband, Christos.
Above: West Wyalong, mid- 1960's. In our family business, the Paragon Cafe. With our partners- the Koumanias family. On the left is the Koumanias family- Panagiotis and Froso- with their children, John and Stan- and on the right is our family- Chris and I -with our daughter, Stavroula. Our son, Fotios is on the left- with the the Koumanias family- trying to see over the counter.
Above Right: At a social dance with the Koumanias family. My husband, Christos, and I are on the left, while Froso and Panagiotis- with their son, Ioannis- are on the right.