Migrants- Antissa
Family Name: | Stavrinou |
Name: | Styliani (Stella) |
Year of Birth: | 1934 |
Father's Name: | Panagiotis |
Mother's Name: | Sappho Petrelli |
Siblings: | Ioannis, Nikolaos, Efstathia (Angeli), Chrysostomos |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1957 |
Sponsor: | Andreas Petrellis (my uncle) |
Married: | Panagiotis Ersetelos Antissa) |
Children: | Pagona, Sappho |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Cafes, Milk Bars |
Above: This photograph is of my last day in our village before I left for Australia. We are on the steps of our school. One of my teachers told me Australia, “is civilised– not a jungle– and there’s lots of work.” I was meant to come to Australia for six months and it became fifty years.
Above Right: This is my godmother, Makrina, my mother’s auntie. She was a nun at the Monastery Mersiniotisa, and, here, she is outside her room.
Above: With my husband, Panagiotis, and our grandchildren Panayiota, Anna, Efstathia, Aliki and Styliani.