Greek-Australian Archive – Matina Kallithraka
| Date |
2021-11-05 |
| Place |
Sydney |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Kallithraka, Matina |
| Keywords |
Greeks in Australia Oral history |
| Creator |
Doumanis, Nick |
| Current holder | |
| Item number |
Yr8p5DZn |
| 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 | |
| Language | |
| Description from source |
Full title Item 1: Matina Kallithraka interview by Nick Doumanis, 5 November 2021 Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: Milliner Year of arrival: 1958 Method of transport: Ship (Castel Felice) Matina was born in 1935 into a poor family in a Peloponnesian village near Tripoli and Sparta. As the family could not afford a dowry, Matina was sponsored by a distant relative called Yannis to come to Sydney. She married Yannis, a photographer, with whom she set up a photography business. Aside from raising a family, first in Redfern and then Kingsgrove, she was also a member of a women’s charity focusing on relief work for Greeks, both in Australia and in Greece. Interview summary Matina describes her life as a devoted church goer, and her work in a women’s charity organisation, which was led by Sister Kalliniki. In the interview she describes her circle of friends when she first arrived, how she came to marry Yannis, and how she helped him build his photography business. |
| Physical format |
Sound recording |
| Related resources | |
| Record author |
Siobhan Campbell |
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