Anthony Notaras interviewed by Dimitri Rontidis in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2088052
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Notaras, Anthony, 1895-1991, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987 Aug. 22 & 30
- 4 sound cassettes (ca. 240 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Kythera, Greece, Notaras speaks of his childhood memories; father coming to Australia 1900-1901; school and education; parents' backgrounds; family history; father's employment in Greece and Australia; brothers and sisters; family members who came to Australia; family home in Kythera; meals, family life; recreation; local community and environs; local crops; family values and discipline; celebrations; church and religion; religious conflict in Australia; health and illness; coming to Australia in 1908; school in Australia; life in Sydney; moving to Grafton, NSW; employment experiences, work and conditions in father's fish and fruit shop; influence of Greek cafes in Australian country towns; his lifestyle, entertainment, recreation; meeting wife when returning to Kythera; bringing her to Australia, building and running a picture theatre in Grafton; politics; World War I; treatment of immigrants during war; racism; immigrants and Aboriginals in Grafton; White Australia Policy; death of father; the Depression; his children; immigration during World War 2; Greek immigrants in Grafton; his childrens' careers.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216261648
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 4 v. (31 p., 34 p., 30 p., 29 p.).
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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