General History

Greeks Regina D’Italia 1924 The list of passengers who embarked at Port Said Egypt on the Regina D'Italia. This list includes all nationalities. Some of the names included are those that survived the Smyrna 1922 incident...

Below and in the included documents is my short story of a special Dutch tie to Kythira: To cut short a long story: Since 1962 I am a regular “visitor” at Kythera and known as Yannis, John or Zan, pending the period and...

Preserved by Marina S Pentes. The extensive presence of Kytherians in the Central West of New South Wales, centred on Dubbo, can be gauged from the vast number of advertisements in this booklet. Was an advertisement plac...

First section of Chapter XI Australians and Greeks 1 The Early Years Halstead Press Sydney 1992 pp.190-222 [Part B - Continuation of previous entry] From Kythira, too, came several unrelated Kasimatis families. Antonios...

From, http://www.history.lockhart.nsw.gov.au/businessdirectory.htm Refreshment Rooms Barwick Mrs W, 1900 - 1902 Comian Peter, 1925 - 1926 Comino Peter, 1927 - Clutterbuck T H W, 1918 - 1922. Located in the Mc Cracken Bui...

North Western NSW – Namoi Valley Bellata Andy and Nick Samios appear to be the first Kytherians to have discovered the place when they followed the swaggies’ trail from Narrabri in 1926. Nineteen year old Andy, his two...

Central New England Armidale Nick John Veneris (Hellen), 16yrs old when he landed from Gerakitianika in late 1900 with Anargyros Zakharis Panaretos of Gunnedah, could be the bloke advertising himself as ‘N. Venares, frui...

The Clarence District Bellingen Athanasios Anastasios Samios came down from Murwillumbah in early 1908, by then an old experienced hand aged 20, and was possibly a waiter for someone or other until establishing/acquiring...

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...