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| Record Id: | 25772700 (Australian Library Collections) permalink |
| Author: | Sotiriadou, Anastasia, 1912-
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| Title: | Interview with Anastasia Sotiriadou, Greek Australian [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: | Anastasia Sotiriadou born in Russia recalls her early life working as a weaver in the Russian village she was born in; attending both Russian and Greek schools; becoming refugees to Greece; her early years in Greece, working as a weaver in Athens; her wedding; her family's move to Thessaloniki, Greece, where she worked as a weaver and looked after 3 older women; WWII and the Greek Civil War and it's affects on the family; migrating to Australia in her 50s; Greek religious customs and celebrations; the role and contributions of Greek women in Greek and Australian societies; customs relating to the concept of lechona; Greek folk medicines; traditional handicarfts; the future of traditions and the Greek language; Greek folk superstitions and folklore.
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| Notes: | Recorded on Aug. 1, 1998 at Mordialloc, Vic.. Interview recorded in Greek. Summary text in English.
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| Finding Aid: | Summary (2 p.)
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| Subjects: | Sotiriadou, Anastasia, 1912- . -- Interviews. Greek Australians -- Victoria -- Mordialloc -- Interviews. Greeks -- Australia -- Interviews. Greek Australians -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Women, Greek -- Religious life -- Victoria. 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) (3110328) ORAL TRC 3607/76
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