Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History
	Immigrants
	Greek language, Modern
	Voyages and travels
	Sydney (N.S.W.)
	Employment
Category	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Elliott, Poppy (Kalliope)
Keywords	Greeks in Australia
	Oral history
Creator	Doumanis, Nick
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Date	2023-02-28
Access Rights	Digitised
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Sydney
Language	Greek (Modern)
Description From Source	Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: hospital attendant, factory worker, homemaker Year of arrival: 1960 Method of transport: Ship (Patris) Poppy (Kalliope) was born in 1934 on the island of Kos, which was then under Italian rule. She was hired at the age of 13 by a doctor in Athens to assist his wife with child-rearing duties. This was the first in a series of jobs where the employer neglected to pay her wages. This experience compelled her to emigrate to Australia in 1960. Very soon after her arrival, Poppy was introduced by a Kastellorizian woman to her son, Plato Elliott, and the two were married within a few months. Interview summary Poppy begins by describing her experiences in Athens, where she worked a series of jobs, including a long stint in a hospital. She then recalls her years in Rhodes, where she made many friends and enrolled in a migrant training centre for people bound for Australia. Poppy also provides a rich account of her early months in Sydney, the circumstances leading up to her marriage and life in her suburban home in Kingsford.
Physical Format	Sound recording
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