THE ROXY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT 2012 Following the successful restoration of the Roxy Café, and the wonderful 75th Anniversary celebrations in April 2011, The Roxy is pleased to announce the development of the Roxy Museum as...
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GREEK NEWSPAPER – NEW PUBLICATION FOR AUSTRALIA The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania) Tuesday 30 November 1926. We have received a copy of the first issue of the “Hellenic Herald,” a new Greek newspaper to be published weekly i...
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Hellenic Herald 1926 ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΗΡΥΞ Hellenic Herald “The Leading Greek Newspaper in Australasia” Editor: Ioannes Stilson Manager: George Marsellos Office: 119-23 York Street, Sydney, NSW. First Edition 16 November 192...
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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...
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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...
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With the help of former President of the Kytherian Association of Australia, John Prineas, and and Vassi Uhrweiss (nee, Margetis) – we can now determine that the photo attached was taken in 1972 – on the occasion of the...
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The Day of Οχι 1940 Hellenic Herald, 14 November 1946 The Historic Day of 28th October, 1940 Address by MR.ANARGYROS STRATIGOS Vice-President of the Greek-Australian League of Athens It is with pleasure that I respond to...
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Η ΕΠΙΔΟΣΙΣ ΤΗΣ ‘ΛΗΚΥΘΟΥ Broadcast comments on Canberra’s Ceremony BY PROFESSOR S. H. ROBERTS On July 19, a simple moving and symbolic ceremony took place in Canberra. A Corinthian urn of the Sixth century, B. C. was hand...
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Anargiros Vasslios Stratigos Anargiros Vassilios Stratigos arrived in Australia from Greece on the Highland Princess disembarking at Sydney, NSW April 1946. This followed an announcement from Athens, 26 February 1946, to...
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The Roon, Houtman and Tasman August 1914. The voyage from Port Said to Australia on the German Mail Steamer Roon by Greek immigrants at the outbreak of World War1, August 1914 is one of the most dramatic voyages in pre W...
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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...
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Dimitrios Megalakonomos, from Mylopotamos, in 1902 purchased the White Rose Cafe in Wee Waa, renamed Olympia Cafe in 1911after rebuilding due to fire. In 1922 Andrew Comino, from Perlegianika, and his partner Andrew Mega...
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Hard working life in Australia pays off after 93 years. Page 1, and 30, O Kosmos, Sydney, Friday 6th November, 2009. O_Kosmos_Syd_6_Nov_09.pdf Given the current heightened emotions surrounding migration to Australia it...
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Written by Hugh Gilchrist, and initially published in Australians and Greeks: Volume II. The Middle Years. Ghilchrist section Epilogue.pdf Hugh Gilchrist kindly gave permission for this background history of the book, Li...
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AUSTRALIAN GREEKS Foregather At Armidale A.H.E.P.A. CONFERENCE Service at St. Peter’s Cathedral A large number of members of the Australian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association from all parts of the North and Nor...
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Rare footage of 1920s Melbourne has finally surfaced. In 1924, the steamship Regina D'Italia set sail from the Italian port of Genoa. Its seven-week journey took it through the Mediterranean Sea to the Suez Canal, on to...
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Here is what I have been able to gather on all Triarchis families (all variant spellings) from around the world. Anyone with information on any Triarchis family please contact me. Also any additional information, correct...
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I am tring to find everyone who is connected to Spyridpoulou who arrived in Australia between 1900 & 1940.If anyones can they please email me on nadiabowler@hotmail.com thank you very much.
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Repatriate Kytherians are those Kytherians who have emigrated to other countries principally to Australia and the USA returned to live in Kythera and Greece. Australia Spyridon Panayiotis PANARETOS(ΠΑΝΑΡΕΤΟΣ) b 1877 Pota...
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The first Kytherian Emmanuel Kritharis is reported to have arrived in Australia as early as 1852. Another possible Kytherian J. Comino (age 19) arrived at Port Phillip Melbourne Victoria in November 1866 on the ship Albi...
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