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Undesirable Aliens

The NSW State election of 1925 had the ‘riff raff of Southern Europe’ ducking for cover, and demonstrated how hard economic times let the racism genie out of the bottle. Here’s how it panned out at Murwillumbah. The peri...

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Northern NSW - 6

Upper Hunter Valley Aberdeen Theo Harry Catsoulis, the farmer earlier of Grafton, Casino and Bellingen, came here with his family in the late war years and remained through to at least the early 1920s, perhaps retailing...

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Northern NSW - 2

The Tweed-Brunswick District Bangalow The first Greek presence came with the mysterious Nick Nicholoudes in 1905/06 when the place was barely established. But his was a short-lived venture and he disappeared within a yea...

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Northern NSW - 1

The Richmond District Alstonville Emmanuel Harry Mavris (Mavromikhail) acquired a cafe here in mid 1922, but who came before or after is still on the investigation list. He was 10yrs old when he left home in Piraeus, spe...

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