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Greek-Australian Archive – Evdokia Kokkinakos

Date
2021-11-24
Place
Sydney
Subject
Category
Author
Kokkinakos, Evdokia
Keywords
Greeks in Australia
Oral history
Creator
Kallos, Kathy
Current holder
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
Interviewer: Kathy Kallos

Occupation: Seamstress
Year of arrival: 1957
Method of transport: Ship (Toscana)

Evdokia Kokkinakos was born in Athens in 1934. She worked as an apprentice dressmaker for an haute couture designer, who made evening gowns for high-end clients including Athina Onassis and the Greek royal family. At the age of 23 she was sent to Australia by her father, to visit her younger sister who had migrated the previous year. A year after her arrival Evdokia would be married and then running a mixed business store in Alexandria. She and her husband lived above the shop before purchasing their first home in Concord where they settled. Over the years she undertook various jobs as a seamstress in the textile industry.

Interview summary
Evdokia discusses her early years in Athens, where she was enjoying her work as a seamstress, and her busy social life. Being the dutiful daughter, she followed her father’s wishes to come to Australia to visit her sister. She would come to realise her father wanted to marry her off and spare him from providing a dowry.
Physical format
Sound recording
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Record author
Siobhan Campbell
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