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Greek-Australian Archive – Peter Repousis

Date
2023-04-18
Place
Sydney
Subject
Category
Author
Repousis, Peter
Keywords
Greeks in Australia
Oral history
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Digitised
Country of origin
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Description from source
Interviewer: Nick Doumanis

Occupation: construction labourer
Year of arrival: 1958
Method of transport: Ship (Flaminia)

Peter was born in 1930, in a village on the Ionian Island of Kefalonia. During World War II, the Italian and German occupying forces expropriated most of the island’s food and terrorized the population. As with many other young people of his generation, he left his village and moved to Athens, where he worked in numerous labouring jobs. In 1958, Peter migrated to Australia, and joined his brother in Newcastle. He then moved to Melbourne for a short period. After suffering a workplace injury, he returned to Newcastle. By the early 1960s, Peter had married a girl from Kefalonia and relocated to Sydney.
Physical format
Sound recording
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Record author
Siobhan Campbell
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