Nita Sdrinis interviewed by Demetra Enizlis for the Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 726880
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sdrinis, Nita, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1998
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 114 min.)
- Series:
- Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project.
- Summary:
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Sdrinis, a solicitor, speaks of her birth in Athens; migrating to Australia in the 1950s; visiting Samanda in Epiros in 1986 with her own children, this village was the setting for the film Eleny; her parents background; her memories of Greece and the transition to Australian life and school; her part-time studies at the University of Melbourne; how her father learnt English; her work history as a solicitor, both children at university; her relatives in Australia; her attitude to the Church and religion; her marriage, 1972; naming her children according to Greek custom; her social contacts; how she raised the children and her understanding of nikokira; why she feels like an ambassador of Greece; Greek traditions in both Melbourne and Greece; Greek dance, traditions relating to birth, childhood, marriage; the lechona period, the stories, rhymes and lullabies she told her children, her belief in healing powers; folk medicine as practiced by herself and her mother; what Greek women offer Australian society; Greek women's commitment family; cultural organisations, the future of Greek culture.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Feb. 17 & 24, 1998.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Lawyers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Enizlis, Demetra, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project.
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