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Greek Community of New South Wales -O- Unanimously Declares the Hellenic Herald As its Official Organ -o- Commendatory Letter -o- Sydney, January 4, 1927 To the Editor, “Hellenic Herald,” Sydney. Dear Sir, The Greek Comm...

Greek Double Wedding QUAINT CUSTOMS DESCRIBED The Greek community of Sydney made high holiday on Sunday* in honour of the first double wedding that has been celebrated in the Agia Triatha Greek Orthodox Church at Bourke...

The Peters Enigma The name Peter has a long association with the naming style of Greek Oyster Saloons and Cafes in eastern Australia. The name Peter and Peters with and without an apostrophe, continued as part of the Gre...

Kytherian and Greek passengers during 1931-32 observed the final phase of the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as they disembarked at Circular Quay or Darling Harbour in Sydney NSW. 1931-32 listed arrivals and ships...

“KYTHERIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES” A Presentation to the Kytherian Conference Kythera, September, 2001 Delivered by Dr. John Mavromatis, Coordinator of Greek Language Teaching, Gre...

For the record, in early 1945 the British identified 76 Australian citizens (aka British Subjects) and their families marooned on Kythera. Numbers were greater than this, but these were the ones who requested assistance...

Last updated 26Mar2007 1915 CALOPEDIS, Benetos Nick, b. 14Oct1890, landed 22May1915 per ‘Oysterley’ after 18yrs Egypt. CHRISTIANOS, Menas Nick Theo, b. 2May1881, landed with wife Maria 27Jul1915 per ‘Orentes.’ (Maria and...

Last updated 26Mar2007 1854 KRITHARIS, Emmanuel George, b. 1832/34, landed somewhere Aust 1854, allegedly after leaving Kythera ~1850. [Apparently left Aust at some stage and relanded Melbourne from Liverpool 21Feb1872 p...

1916 Greek Census of NSW (Extracted from National Archives Document A385/1/8) Letters A - G Name, Age, Occupation, Street No, Street, Town Agalianos, Con, 26, Café Proprietor, Henty Agalianos, George, 37, Market Gardener...

This list was apparently compiled by an American publishing company which was bringing out a world-wide Greek business directory in the late 1930s. It is extensive but by no means complete - there are definitely some tow...