Illuminating the experiences of immigrants to Australia in the late twentieth century, this book uses oral history to explore how identity and belonging are shaped through migration.
Melissa N. Afentoulis is an independent scholar interested in migration history, cultural identity and its transnational formation within diasporas. Melissa was born on the island of Limnos (better known as Lemnos), Greece and arrived in Australia in 1963.
Chapter 1: Unravelling Islanders’ Migration Stories.- Chapter 2: ‘From Whence We Came’: Migration From Limnos to Australia.- Chapter 3: ‘For a Better life’: In a New Country.- Chapter 4: ‘Who Are We?’: Identity, Belonging and Place.- Chapter 5: Diasporic Meanings of Home and ‘Dual Lives’.- Chapter 6: From Pilgrimage to‘ A Way of Life’.- Chapter 7: Consolidation and Reflections About the Future.