"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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My name is Emanuel Casimatis and I was born in Pitsinianika, Kythera on the 21st of April 1918. My mother gave birth to me in the family home where the midwife, a Mrs Semitekolos, assisted in the birth. I have certain me...
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Mary Sofios' Story by Kiriaki Orfanos Mary Simos-Sofios, nee Patrikiou was born on the 14/12/37, in Kythera. Her only sister, Dimitra, was born in 1946. Mary married Leo Simos in 1956 and they immigrated to Australia in...
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As told to George C Poulos, Friday 4th November, 2005. I was born on the 22nd January, 1921, in Cumnock, in New South Wales. My father was Bill Johnson. Our family moved to the Gilgandra district when I was 4 years of ag...
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As a young man in his 20's. Taken whilst he was acting as a groomsman at his Uncle Dimitri's wedding. Theothosios Triunduphilos Koroneos, Theo Corones, was born in Karavas, Kythera, on the 29th January 1926. He died in...
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in the other Kytherian Cafe. When I was young, I spent a great deal of time working in the Gilgandra Fruit Mart. Gilgandra Fruit Mart, 1960's, complete with milkbar, counter, and stools Every so often I would feel like a...
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When my father, Con George Poulos moved to the central western New South Wales town of Gilgandra, we lived in a house in the upper part of Myrtle Street. The house had a large lounge room, with gramaphone player against...
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Lose Con's truck,....and almost lose their lives - in the Gilgandra flood, 1955. In 1955, we owned a very large Federation style house on the Western end of Myrtle Street, (the furthest end from the main street - Miller...
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From: http://www.rootsweb.com November 2002 As written by Katie Cassim - April 2002 Charles Cassim - was the eighth child, and third son of a Minister in the Greek Orthodox Church. His Grandfather and his matemal Grandfa...
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Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne in 1945. She worked as a teacher in Australia before moving to Greece with her husband and children in 1980. Her first book about this experience, A Foreign Wife, was published in 19...
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My father's brother Panayoti (Peter) had been living in Australia from 1928. He was 12 years of age when he arrived in Australia. Eventually he settled in the far western New South Wales town of Warren, and married Aryi...
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From: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~emhist/bridges_51/page12.html The first Naturalisation ceremony to be held in the Municipal Offices at Echuca took place in 1954, when Theodoros Castrissios, of the Astoria cafe, became a...
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Visit to Sydney by Hellenic Folklore Research Fellow On the weekend of Saturday 28, Sunday 29 August 2004, the eminent anthropologist Dr Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, Visiting Fellow from the Hellenic Folklore Research Ce...
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From: Janis Wilton. Immigrants in the Bush. Cafes and Cafe Owners. Armidale College of Advanced Education. 1989. 81 x A4 pages. Peter Tsicalas (see, Culture, subsection, Bibliography), desribes this book in the following...
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Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne in 1945. She worked as a teacher in Australia before moving to Greece with her husband and children in 1980. Her first book about this experience, A Foreign Wife, was published in 19...
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From: Janis Wilton. Immigrants in the Bush. Cafes and Cafe Owners. Armidale College of Advanced Education. 1989. 81 x A4 pages. Peter Tsicalas (see, Culture, subsection, Bibliography), desribes this book in the following...
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[From records maintained at the Water Tower Museum, Gunnedah. For other Kytherian history re: Gunnedah, search under Gunnedah. Written by Theo Kepreotes, [Maroubra], 1996(?) and reproduced with permission. Theo was instr...
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Antonius Notaras, was one of the fascinating characters interviewed by Suzanne Falkiner for her 1985 book, Australians Today. (Publisher, George Allen and Unwin). Also reproduced in the Sydney Morning Heralds' Good Week...
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[Tony is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has travelled to Kythera every Kytherian summer. Town of origin: Ayia Pelagia. Parachoukli Alai]. Food sharing. The Italians used to go...
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[Tony Fardoulys is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has travelled to Kythera every Kytherian summer. Town of origin: Ayia Pelagia. Parachoukli Alai. He recalls the following abou...
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[Tony is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has travelled to Kythera every Kytherian summer. Town of origin: Ayia Pelagia. Parachoukli Alai]. In 1942, He remembers as a young child...
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