Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History
	Immigrants
	Greek language, Modern
	Voyages and travels
	Families–History
	Art
	Business enterprises
	Sydney (N.S.W.)
	Foreign workers, Greek
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
	4. World War II
Author	Tourvas, Konstantina
Keywords	Greeks in Australia
	Oral history
	Proxy marriage
Creator	Elefterias-Kostakidis, Eleni
Person	Tourvas, Konstantina
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period Of Reference	1940/2021
Date	2021-12-03
Item Number	92eMNB3Y
Access Rights	Digitised
Rights	Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Country Of Origin	Australia
Language	Greek (Modern)
Description From Source	Interviewer: Eleni Elefterias-Kostakidis 1 audio file (1 hr., 14 min.) – digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit) Recorded at Turella, New South Wales, on 3 December 2021 Occupation: Artist, Art teacher Year of arrival: 1959 Method of transport: Ship (The Waterman) Konstantina Tourvas is an artist, activist, teacher and writer. She was born in 1940 in Evdilos, Ikaria and grew up in an orphanage. She migrated to Australia in 1959 on the Dutch ship The Waterman. She lived first in Woollahra, then Marrickville and currently resides in Turrella. Interview summary Dina was not expected to survive at birth because her mother took ill and died 6 months later. She was the fifth child in the family and the fourth girl. After her father remarried, she grew up in an orphanage. Her brother brought her to Australia for a better life. She describes her first experiences in Australia and how she was married by proxy. She recalls attending evening college and art school and her efforts to educate herself while at the same time raising her children and working in the family business.
Physical Format	Sound recording
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