Diaspora Vintage Portraits/ People

Early Photo

Born in Karavas, Kythera, Greece on 16th February 1935 to Alexandros and Maria Cassimatis. In 1949 Peter migrated to Australia. He was 14 years old when he arrived; He started work at Warren in a café. At age 24 he marri...

Eleftherios Fatseas, President Nick Sandeman, Vice President Con Andronicos, Treasurer Petros Coroneos Con Gavrilis Peter Kalligeros George Cassimatis Spiros Frilingos Nick Samios Nick S. Samios Arthur Sklavos Violet San...

Archimandrite Athenagoras Varaklas was appointed in 1923, and according to Anastasios Tamis, 'proved to be the most controversial clergyman of the pre-WWII period in Australia'. See/ download: Greek Orthodoxy in Australi...

From the Voice of Kythera, newspaper, 1927. Nick G Marcello was born on the 15th August,1880, in Potamos, Kythera. He emigrated to Australia on the 6th November,1907 on the ‘Bremen.’ Ann Coward has revealed that Stamati...

From the Voice of Kythera, newspaper, 1927. Nick G Marcello was born on the 15th August,1880, in Potamos, Kythera. He emigrated to Australia on the 6th November,1907 on the ‘Bremen.’ Ann Coward has revealed that Stamati...

Front Row: (L to R) Ada Kalokerinos, Lily Castrisos, Lexie Coombes, Adrianna Raftopoulos. Back Row: (L to R) Minas Caponas, Steve Zantiotis, [To be advised], Basil Kanakis, Basil Eckard. The club organised many sporting...

With the help of former Presiident of the Kytherian Association of Australia, John Prineas, and and Vassi Uhrweiss (nee, Margetis) – we can now determine that the photo attached was taken in 1972 – on the occasion of the...

Descendants of the original committee - the founding fathers of the Kytherian Association of Australia - including one person still alive at the time - Mr Bill Feros. From Left to Right: Manolis G Casimatis (Past preside...

Entry from Life in Australia, published in 1916, page 201. Mr Vretos G. Margetis, who hails from Kythera, is extremely young, but capable and full of drive. He is today owner and manager of two splendid and profitable sh...

The picture shows the Mellitas family at or around 1930 with the father Dimitrios at the centre. The children from left to right are Katie, Peter, Martina, Bessy. The youngest child Alkistis had not been born yet. For mo...

I was thrilled last week to find this listed as one of the photographs that were restored as part of the Fatseas collection in 2008. Recently my father gave me some old family photos. I had scanned them a week before stu...

18/10/1916 – 27/3/2010 Cons father, Yeoryi Dimitri Tzortzopoulos was born in Karavas in 1869. His family parachoukli, or nickname was Hihlis. He married Olympia Tzortzopoulos, born in 1874, who was the daughter of the re...

Adapted from a photograph published in the Good Weekend, a supplement in the Sydney Morning Herald, April 30, 2005, page 18. It was incorporated in an article called Two of Us. Michael Jonson and George Miller. Two of Us...

Manolis Cassimatis visiting friends and relatives at Manilla NSW Australia March 2005. left to right PeterMcCarthy(Inverell), Paul Kalokerinos(Manilla), Manolis Cassimatis(Kato Livadi)and Sophia(nee Psaros)McCarthy

see a chapter of Cassimatis family history in the oral history section.

see a chapter of Cassimatis family history in the oral history section.

see a chapter of Cassimatis family history in the oral history section.

see a chapter of Cassimatis family history in the oral history section. A chapter of Cassimatis family history

See a chapter of Cassimatis family history in the History - Oral history sub-section.