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Record Id:25783051 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Packer, Rita, 1928-
Title:Interview with Rita Packer, retired welfare worker [sound recording] / interviewer, Demetra Enizlis.
Published:1998.
Description:2 digital audio tapes (ca. 120 min.)
Playing Time:020000
Series:Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project
Summary:Rita Packer, born in Melbourne, Vic. recalls her family background; her parents migration to Australia (early 1920s); her early schooling and her studies at Melbourne University, 1946; the discrimination Greeks and other foreigners faced in Australia, early to mid 20th century; her siblings marriages and her own to an Australian diplomat; Greek music; concept of nikokira; Greek clebrations and other traditions, eg. Greek cooking still observed; Australian and Greek lullabies and stories; evil eye ritual; folk medicine; the role and contributions of Greek women to Greek and Australian societies; Greek organizations; Greek school; her welfare work and aged care for elderly Greek people; her work with the Australian Greek Rotary Society, who look after neglected migrants; Greek traditions and language she has passed on to the younger generations.
Notes:User access copy made.
Finding Aid:Summary (3 p.)
Subjects:Packer, Rita, 1928- -- Interviews.
Australian Greek Rotary Society.
Greeks -- Australia -- Interviews.
Greek Australians -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Greek Australians -- Victoria -- Interviews.
Children's stories, Greek (Modern) -- Victoria.
Children's poetry, 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) (3110647) ORAL TRC 3607/83-84 ; ORAL TRC 3607/83-84 (summary)

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