The bridge takes you South to Boggabri. From Peter Tsicalas' Kytherian presence in North Western NSW – Namoi Valley we learn that - "In 1928 Minas, Emmanuel and Nick Vasili Aroney (Mayonesou) established the Aroneys here...
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From Peter Tsicalas' Kytherian presence in North Western NSW – Namoi Valley we learn that - "In 1928 Minas, Emmanuel and Nick Vasili Aroney (Mayonesou) established the Aroneys here for the next 70yrs. Their name lives on...
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From Peter Tsicalas' Kytherian presence in North Western NSW – Namoi Valley we learn that - "In 1928 Minas, Emmanuel and Nick Vasili Aroney (Mayonesou) established the Aroneys here for the next 70yrs. Their name lives on...
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From Peter Tsicalas' Kytherian presence in North Western NSW – Namoi Valley we learn that - "In 1928 Minas, Emmanuel and Nick Vasili Aroney (Mayonesou) established the Aroneys here for the next 70yrs. Their name lives on...
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Photo taken in August 2005. The store was otherwise eerily empty. When we re-visited the site in February 2006, the building in which the sign was housed, and the adjoining building, had been razed to the ground. In earl...
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Photo taken in August 2005. Both stores were vacant. When we re-visited the site in February 2006, the two buildings had been razed to the ground. In early February the local Council had given the site away to a local Mi...
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Photo taken in August 2005. Both stores were vacant. When we re-visited the site in February 2006, the two buildings had been razed to the ground. In early February the local Council had given the site away to a local Mi...
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Photo taken in August 2005. Both stores were vacant. When we re-visited the site in February 2006, the two buildings had been razed to the ground. In early February the local Council had given the site away to a local Mi...
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I found this paper bag in the Gilgandra Rural Museum - not to be confused with the Coo-ee Heritage Centre just up the road - in November, 2005. Partially destroyed by silverfish, it has subsequently been laminated - thus...
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Continued from: Gilgandra. NSW. The Kytherian presence in the town. PART ONE. ....After selling the Carlton Cafe, (1939), Jack Pentes moved to Sydney, with a view to remaining there permanently. He tried to find a busine...
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was born in Gilgandra, in 1952, and left after completing my schooling in 1969. From about the beginning of WWII, until mid-1975 - Gilgandra, population, 2,900 - was a very Kytherian town. 5 families - the Pentes, Sklavo...
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All the major carparks in Gunnedah, NSW, are named after Kytherians, as a mark of respect for the impact they had on the growth and development of the town. Kytherians, and Greek-Australians generally, are held in very h...
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Muttaburra is a tiny township in central western Queensland which services the large properties which surround it. Muttaburra is located 84 km north of Aramac and 119 km (mostly by dirt road) from Longreach. It lies in t...
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Amongst those on the balcony is probably Jack Cos Aroney contemplating his future after suffering his third severe flood in as many years. Shortly afterwards he decided enough was enough and moved north to Southport, whe...
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On the short list of cafes providing an idyllic lifestyle for their proprietors was The Kiosk on the waterfront at East Ballina. From 1944 to 48 a bloke simply identified as ‘Mr Feros’ had it, probably Mick George Feros...
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This photo sits on the counter of the Cameo café, now a shrine to Elvis, and the current owner says the people featured are ‘mostly’ Critharys. But the suited bloke behind the counter looks suspiciously like George Nick...
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Angelo Victor Crethar arrived from Ballina in 1923 and acquired the ‘Busy Bee Café’ of George Patrinos in Woodlark Street, revamping it into ‘Crethar’s Sundae Shop’ and trading as Crethar Bros in silent partnership with...
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L to R 1. Harry John Crethar or Harry Nick Crethar. Former was in Lismore until ~ 1930 and then moved to Deepwater and/or Emmaville. Returned Kythera ~1935 and came back to settle Tenterfield ~1937. Latter landed 1914 an...
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Murgon’s Mason fraternity. George Black on the throne and Danny Vanarey in the chair far left.
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Theo Peter Comino arrived in town around 1930 and acquired the Blue Bird café across the road from George Black, remaining into the late 1940s. Read all about his war time fun and games at Murgon in ‘The Greeks of Queens...
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