Hobart businessman Gregory Casimaty was recommended for the 1964 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his charity work.

After arriving in Sydney in 1905, 15-year-old Grigorios Kasimatis (later known as Gregory Casimaty) tried his luck in Queensland and New South Wales before settling in Tasmania. Gregory established the Britannia Café in Elizabeth Street, Hobart in the early 1900s and followed this with many other successful business ventures. Known for his charity and benevolence – including providing Christmas dinner for 200 unemployed single men in the Depression years – Gregory Casimaty was recommended for inclusion in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list by his local member of Parliament, Adrian Gibson, in 1964.

National Archives, Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.

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Article on groundbreaking Greeks, NAA

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Review, KASIMATIS TO CASIMATY

Casimaty family photograph, c. 1931

Greeks of Tasmania

Grigorios Georgiou Kasimatis, by Matina Casimatis

Antonios Grigoriou Kasimatis, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-Vasilios Georgiou Kasimatis, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-Elenie Kasimati, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-Georgios Grigoriou Kasimatis, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-The Kastrisios Branch, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-Casimaty Old Persons Home, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-The Casimaty cousins, by Matina Casimatis

The Kasimatis Family-The Haros Connection, by Matina Casimatis