Diaspora Vintage Portraits/ People

Emmanuel Andrew Cavacos was born in Potamos, Kythera, on February 10th, 1885. He emigrated to the United States of America, when he was sixteen years old, and settled in Baltimore, in the suburb of Hampden, where his bro...

Emmanuel Andrew Cavacos was born in Potamos, Kythera, on February 10th, 1885. He emigrated to the United States of America, when he was sixteen years old, and settled in Baltimore, in the suburb of Hampden, where his bro...

Obituary MB BS, BSc, MD, MS, MSc, BA, MRACP, FRACS, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FACS A Medical Man Abroad Who Never Forgot Where He Came From Dr Mitchell Notaras was born in 1933 to Greek immigrant parents in Grafton, where he was...

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...

Author: Roger Pulvers, Emeritus Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology When Published: 2011 Publisher: Kurodahan Press - Book No. FG-JP0031-L37 Available: Through most book shops Description: English 220 pages Trade...

The Japan Times Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 By LISA GAY and FINTAN MONAGHAN Photograph: "Relief Portrait of Koizumi Yakumo" by Minoru Kurasawa. One hundred and twenty years ago, Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn first arrived i...

Pip Courtney was the producer of the Landline programme on the Roxy 75th Birthday celebrations. She was instrumental in giving this "Kytherian" event a national profile. Those who attended the event would have seen her i...

Here is another one from Wellington Point. Wellington Point, Brisbane, Kytherian campsites Found these photos in some old boxes. Not sure who the people are but these were taken at the 'campsites' at Wellington Point. No...

Here is another one from Wellington Point. I do have quite a few more and will post in due course. Wellington Point, Brisbane, Kytherian campsites Found these photos in some old boxes. Not sure who the people are but the...

Found these photos in some old boxes. Not sure who the people are but these were taken at the 'campsites' at Wellington Point. Not sure if this is pre or post war, but certainly looks like an enjoyable place to be. Can a...

Found these photos in some old boxes. Not sure who the people are but these were taken at the 'campsites' at Wellington Point. Not sure if this is pre or post war, but certainly looks like an enjoyable place to be. Can a...

Taken by USA and subsequently Australian resident surfing icon, Rusty Miller. Rusty Miller Photo www.rustymillersurf.com George Feros in 1973 on his bike early in the morning on what is now the Lawson St. / Jonson St. By...

My great-grandparents Vasileios Koulentianos and Zaharoula Tsampiras Koulentianos. Vasileios was brother to the priest Dionysios Koulentianos, and was the village apothecarist.

This photo is addressed to my grandfather Diamantis Chlentzos. On the back it is described as his brother and wife in Sydney , and the photo was taken at The Eden Studios on George St. in Sydney. As far as I know, this i...

Yanoula Chlentzos is shown back row, left. Third in back row is her son Harry Chlentzos, and in front of him is his paternal aunt Kyrani Chlentzos Katsoulis. This photo was taken in Kythira in 1955. Who are some of the o...

Cousins Diamantis Chlentzos (left) and Costa Venardos pose for a portrait in Nagasaki, Japan. Diamantis was a ship's carpenter.

Left: unknown American; center: Costas Venardos; right: Diamantis Chlentzos. These three sailors had their photograph taken in Hong Kong. Costas Venardos is identified as a distant cousin of Diamantis, whose mother was a...

Brothers-in-law Diamantis Chlentzos and John Alfieris in Oakland, California in 1907

Yanoula Chlentzos (marked) and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Mary Chlentzos Alfieris and John Alfieris are shown in Diakofti in 1955, returning to Kythera for the first time since they emigrated in 1907.

The Hellenic Musical Society, formed c 1915 by Panagiotis and Theophanis Leousi, "distinguished for the melody of their voices, are the first to have formed a musical group in Sydney." (Life in Australia 1916). Seated fr...