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Record Id:25772686 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Georgousis, Anna, 1921-
Title:Interview with Anna Georgousis, podiatrist [sound recording] / interviewer, Demetra Enizlis.
Published:1998.
Description:1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
Playing Time:010500
Series:Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project
Summary:Anna Georgousis, born in Alexandria, Egypt recalls her family background and early years; her husband's work as a doctor in Egypt; the Greek community in Alexandria; the family's migration to Australia, 1956; their early years in Melbourne when her husband's qualifications weren' t recognised; her first job at a shoe factory in Footscray, Melb., eventually taking on the manager's position, which she held until 1965; her husband's surgery; her voluntary work at Frontitha (Australian Greek Society for Care of the Elderly); religious customs and celebrations she practices; concept of Nikokira and lechona; nursery rhymes and lullabies; Greek music; stories and tales told to her children; folk medicine; Greek women and their role in Greek and Australian society; Greek language in Frontitha; Greek traditions and their future.
Notes:Recorded on July 28, 1998 at Melbourne, Vic.
Interview recorded in Greek. Summary text in English.
Finding Aid:Summary (2 p.)
Subjects:Georgousis, Anna, 1921- -- Interviews.
Australian Greek Society for Care of the Elderly.
Greek Australians -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Interviews.
Greeks -- Australia -- Interviews.
Greek Australians -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Traditional medicine -- Greece.
Children's poetry, Greek (Modern) -- Victoria.
Children's stories, Greek (Modern) -- Victoria.
Other Authors:Enizlis, Demetra.
Access Conditions:Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (3110297) ORAL TRC 3607/75

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