Greek-Australian Archive – Platon Ioakimidis
| Date |
2021-12-07 |
| Place |
Sydney |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Ioakimidis, Platon |
| Keywords |
Greeks in Australia Oral history Bonegilla camp |
| Creator |
Doumanis, Nick |
| 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: Nick Doumanis Occupation: Labourer, Poker machine service technician Year of arrival: 1954 Method of transport: Ship (Toscana) Platon Ioakimidis was born in 1932 into a Pontian Greek family in Molocha, central Macedonia, and came of age during World War II and the Greek Civil War. After years of menial work, he and his young wife took advantage of Australia’s assisted migrant scheme. In Australia, he settled in Redfern, where he and his wife raised a family of four. After trying his hand at various labouring jobs and small business ventures, Ioakimidis settled on a job fixing poker machines. He was involved in the Pontian Greek community and has been a church chanter. Interview summary Platon describes life in Greece in considerable detail. The interview gives a vivid description of rural poverty, and the reaction of his fellow villagers to news that Australia needed ‘labouring hands.’ He discusses his early days in Bonegilla and Grafton as well as his arrival in Sydney and efforts to find work. |
| Physical format |
Sound recording |
| Related resources | |
| Journey |
Bonegilla Migrant Centre |
| Record author |
Siobhan Campbell |
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