"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 There are many categories in this section - they are now visible in the navigation on the left. By choosing any one of them you can view the entries, and by clicking on the add to... links at the top right of each category page, you can easily submit your own entry. Please note! There are dozens of historic and fascinating photographs to be found in the Kythera Cultural Archive section of this site.
submitted by Gaye Hegeman on 12.07.2008
Without the love and care of her immediate family and a network of aunts, uncles, great-aunts and great-uncles and their children, the transition that Chris had to make when she migrated to Australia at the age of fourteen would have been very hard indeed to accomplish. Towards the end of her last year at primary school her aunt and uncle, Frosso (Efrosine) and Paul Satouris who lived in the New South Wales country town of Cowra, invited Chris to live with them. They were able to offer her a home, ...
submitted by Alexandra Ermolaeff on 04.12.2003
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) The city of Boston, located not far from the large metropolis of New York in the north-eastern part of the United States, was a magnet for immigrants because of manufacturing and other industries close by. A number of Dimitrios’ family from Kythera had chosen to settle there and were doing their utmost to become established. For each of them a large volume could be written about their life experiences in the new land ...
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) My maternal grandparents Theodore and Eleni Aronis Another well-known family in Aroniadika was that of Theodore and Eleni Aronis (Papadominakos). Theodore was a relatively tall man with a moustache, distinguished looking and with a reputation for honesty and fairness to the extent that the villagers would often call on him to adjudicate in local disputes. ...
submitted by Alexandra Ermolaeff on 23.12.2004
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) From 1923 to 1926 Dimitrios Aronis, now widely known as Jim Aroney, was a cook in the Townsville Cafe located in Flinders Street West. He became naturalized as an Australian citizen on the 7th of September 1925 – in the certificate of naturalization he is recorded as James Aroney (also known as Moustakos). The Townsville Cafe, owned by his cousins Cosmas (Charlie) Marendy and Peter Hlentzos in partnership with my father, ...
submitted by Alexandra Ermolaeff on 24.02.2004
Andy & Evangelia (An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) Evangelia Aroney (nee Lukas): The beautiful girl in the photo that uncle Andy fell in love with. Andy bought a house in Macalister Street barely three hundred yards from ours and within close walking distance to the Niagara Milk Bar; this was in addition to a two-storey investment property in Wood Street which ...
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) The strong conviction existed within the Greek community that our presence in Australia was greatly resented by many Anglo-Celtic Australians. A legacy of bitterness had been left by the “Report of the Royal Commission into Social and Economic Effect of Increase in Number of Aliens in North Queensland” – the Ferry Report of the 21st of June 1925 which contained outlandish generalisations such as “the Greek residents ...
submitted by Thodoros Magonezos on 21.11.2003
It happened about a hundred and fifty years ago. They said the man was on drugs, and everyone agrees he wasn’t from the island. So the story goes he set off from Aroniadika to go to Kalokairines, where a christening was scheduled to take place. It must have taken him about two hours. The story goes he stayed the night near or in the church and the next morning early before the christening was due to begin he started to ring the bells… The people assumed the christening had started early ...
MY Great Grandmother was Maria Cassimatis and there is a lot of Cassimatis in our Family but...
I know of a Nickolas Stathis who lived in Ipswich and later West End. He had about...
Hi Ellisanna I think we are cousins my mother's family were also lazzaretti from Newport mother's name...
mmm translate-type-error happend... I ment bar Astikon! Excuse me : )
About 5 minutes into the program Ada Margariti, who is an Attorney at Law, speaks about how she came to...
Interviewed during his visit to Australia, 2013.
August 17, 2010 103.2 HOPE - radio station You’ve heard of PhDs in science, medicine and education but have you...
Brisbane kytherians at paliochora excursion ..exploring the wonderful site and seeing all the churches .. this one is called ' e...
Gorgeous Ruby! Ruby's father was Evangelo Megaloconomos born 7 September 1891, died 29 January 1983 Ruby was born 16 September...
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