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| Record Id: | 25772686 (Australian Library Collections) permalink |
| Author: | Georgousis, Anna, 1921-
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| Title: | Interview with Anna Georgousis, podiatrist [sound recording] / interviewer, Demetra Enizlis.
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| Published: | 1998.
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| Description: | 1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
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| Playing Time: | 010500
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| Series: | Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project
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| 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.
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| Notes: | Recorded on July 28, 1998 at Melbourne, Vic. Interview recorded in Greek. Summary text in English.
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| Finding Aid: | Summary (2 p.)
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| 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.
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| Other Authors: | Enizlis, Demetra.
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| 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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