General History

I recently spent 22 days in the USA, visiting various Kytherians and Hellenes in 5 States, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, & California. It has always intrigued me why the vast majority of Kytheri...

It was the winter of 1973 and it was my first trip to the island of Kythera. At once I was drawn to the intriguing history and architecture of this island and to the beautiful vistas of what was then a cold and wind-swep...

The Australia Café and Jim Boutieris A Touch of Greece in Otho Street The attrition of time has also taken its toll and little remains to mark many café sites of the past in Inverell. Jindabyne House (Williams & Son 1902...

The Greek Heritage Society of Southern California FLOGA (ΦΛΟΓΑ) Project FLOGA (ΦΛΟΓΑ) in Greek means FLAME, and signifies PASSING THE TORCH from generation to generation. Concurrent with the production of the documentary...

...and, the book by Peter Prineas, Katsehamos and the Great Idea. Held on the 15th April, 2007, at the Cyprus Club, West End, Brisbane, Australia. Sandy McNaughton, Manager of the Roxy Theatre, Bingara, had given a talk...

To view/download a .ppt pn the Greeks military contribution to World War 2: Greeks In WWII.pps

Στη φωτογραφία ο καθηγητής Εµµανουήλ Αρώνης τσουγκρίζει πασχαλινό αυγό µε την Κυβερνήτη της Κουηνσλάνδης κα. Quentin Bryce. Αριστερά τους βρίσκεται ο Εντιµότατος Πρόξενος της Ελλάδας ∆η. Ράπτης ενώ δεξιά ο πρόεδρος του...

p266 "Kythera's coming up" Traver's says and points to a faint outline etched on the western horizon. Bathed in light from the rising sun, the long silhouette of Kythera slips by. Legend says that on its shores, Leda con...

Very good article on the Stamps of the Ionian Islands, including Kythera, in Capital Philately November 2006 – VOL. 25, NO. 1. Available as a .pdf file here: Capital Philately 25 1 Ionian.pdf The Philatelic Society of Ca...

The question of Kytherian slavery is seared deeply into the consciousness of most knowlegeable Kytherians. The surname SKLAVOS (slave) is a common Kytherian surname. The name is a reminder (perhaps a memorial?) of an unc...

On the occassion of Con & Dean & Sebastian (Tzortzo)Poulos's Big Fat Kytherian Birthday Party. Held on Sunday 29th October, 2006, at the Alexander the Great Club in Marrickville, Sydney. Pappou Con was 90 years of age. N...

Double Headed Eagle and Greek Iconology. Overview from Wikepedia It may seem surprising that one of the most recognizable (other than the cross) and beloved Greek symbols, the double-headed eagle, is not a part of the mo...

Flag Ratio: 2:3 (Naval Flag 1822-1828, Sea Flag 1828-1969; 1975-1978, National Flag 1969-1975; 1978 to date) The flag of Greece is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue c...

The National Emblem of Greece consists of a blue escutcheon with a white cross totally surrounded by two laurel branches. The emblem is painted or woven, mainly on the hats, uniforms and buttons of the military, the sec...

The notions of Exo Dimos and Mesa Dimos arose historically out of the relationship between the old and sizable town of Ayios Dimitrios (which later came to be known as Paliochora, "the old town"), and the emergence of th...

From, The KYTHERIAN The Newsletter of the Kytherian Association of Australia P0 Box A203, South Sydney, NSW 2000 Join the Kytherian Association of Australia March 2001 pp. 1, 9 & 10 Con Malanos has kindly written an arti...

Steve Frangos, c. 2006 Contact, Steve Frangos The late historian and folklorist Helen Zeese Papanikolas once told me of a conversation she had with Theodore Saloutos. Professor Saloutos was the noted American historian w...

Steve Frangos, c. 2006 Contact, Steve Frangos Ongoing abuse by a variety of native-born Americans against all the newly arrived Greek immigrants of the 1880 to 1920 era can not be questioned. But then neither can we deny...

Steve Frangos, c. 2006 Contact, Steve Frangos When I was small boy my yiayia told me that whenever one of the old Greek men entered the room I was to stand up and give him my chair. On more than one occasion, when I didn...

Steve Frangos, c. 2006 Contact, Steve Frangos ‘Gaslight New York’ is the phrase meant to invoke that transition period of the 1880s into the 1890s. The 1890s, also known as the ‘Gay 90s,’ was the era that marks the begin...