Interview with Rita Packer, retired welfare worker / interviewer, Demetra Enizlis

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Packer, Rita, 1928-
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Packer, Rita, 1928-; Australian Greek Rotary Society.; Greeks - Australia - Interviews.
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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.
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Interview with Rita Packer, retired welfare worker / interviewer, Demetra Enizlis. [sound recording] /
Greek-Australian oral history and folklife project
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1998 English Sound; Interview, lecture, talk 1

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