Item GDA27/AV36 - Interviews with Greek Cypriots in Sydney, Australia, 1992

Interviews conducted with:

First generation Greek Cypriot migrant Andreas (surname not stated, born in Ayios Amvrosios village, Cyprus, [1924], migrated to Australia in 1948) on topics including: the journey and ticket fare to Australia; the economic depression in Australia, 1948; the Greek Cypriot community representative, Andreas Aristeidis, owner of a coffee-shop used as a postal address for job-hunting Greek Cypriots; his first jobs and salaries; family life in Australia (duration: 31 mins – please note interview begins after 63 minutes of a duplicate copy of GDA27/AV35). In Greek.

Interview with first generation Greek Cypriot migrant Andreas Vatyliotis (born in Vatyli village, Cyprus, 1906, migrated to Australia in 1948) and his son, violin-maker, Harry Vatyliotis (born in Vatyli village, Cyprus, 1936, migrated in 1952) on topics including: life in Cyprus before World War Two; political conditions in Cyprus during the 1930s and 1940s; conditions and cost of the journey to Australia; his first jobs, secured via the Greek Cypriot community representative, Andreas Aristeidis; Andreas's brother Haralambos Vatyliotis, prominent in the Communist Party in Cyprus and Greece; the business of violin making, including a demonstration of violin construction (duration: 1 hour 15 mins). In Greek and English.