There is a history in all men's lives.
submitted by John George PRINEAS on 07.06.2005
Submitted By John Prineas. In Memory of my Late Father in Law who died very young and whom I never met, and his brother, Uncle Arthur, who died at the ripe age of 92.) Cumberland Cafe was operated by Cosma and Arthur Psaltis (Protopsaltis) who had migrated in Australia in the early 1920's Situated in Church Street, between Murray Bros and the Post Office, at the time, Cumberland Cafe was 'The Place' to dine in the Parramatta area, and indeed among the best in Sydney. ...
submitted by Odyssey Magazine on 06.04.2005
Odyssey Magazine, Vol. 7 No. 6 (July/August2000) Kythira has been dubbed "Kangaroo island" because of the large number of Greek-Australian women who have made their lives there. Anna Patty meets some of them and asks whether they really have found paradise. It's a world where a woman's place is in the home-or out in the fields. A world where serving one's husband and being a good housewife ...
By George Zarkadakis Oddysey Magazine Vol 2 No 5 May/Jun 1995. Kythira has been occupied over the centuries by an inordinate number of conquerors, each of which left their mark on the island. Zarkadakis explores the beauty of a relatively unknown Greek island; in doing so he meets a series of Greek Australians who have returned from Down Under to spend their lives in the land ...
submitted by George Sophios on 07.03.2005
Corfu (Kerkyra)was the adminstrative centre for the Ionian State, and hence for Kythera from 1800 until 1864. From 1855 this building housed the Ionian Parliament. Those who have referenced the numerous entries on Diamantina Roma (see in particular, entry in High Achievers), will know that "...on 28.04.1856 Contessa Diamantina Roma married George Bowen in the chapel of the Palace of St Michael and St ...
submitted by Peter Makarthis on 06.03.2005
The Sydney Union of Greek Women raised funds for the relief of victims in Greece during the Balkans War 1912-13 in response to an appeal for assistance from the Panhellenic Women’s Association in Athens. Sydney Union of Greek Women Members c1913 Mesdames Anna and Kalliopi Kominou Angeliki, Ariadni and Styliani Stamelatou Antigoni Andronikou Eleni and Eftykhia Phoca Smaragda Tzortzatou Vasiliki Tavlaridou Maria ...
submitted by George Poulos on 28.08.2005
George Dimitri (Tzortzo) Poulos and Con Dimitri (Tzortzo) Poulos as young men in the 1950's. From an interview with Con Dimitri (Tzortzo) Poulos. "My father ran the Goulburn Cafe". (Now, (2005) a Chinese Restaurant (the Red Sun). He married my mother on 16th June 1926. Dimitri bought Panayoti (Peter) (Tzortzo) Poulos, and "Tass" who married Katina ...
submitted by Victor Panaretos on 13.02.2005
Map of the 1721 Venetian population by parish, based on census data published under C. Maltezou's general editorship. Principal Investigators: John Bennet (Oxford) Siriol Davies (Stirling) Venetian influence in Kythera lasted from the early 13th to the end of the 18th century. During that period the island was administered in turn from Crete, the Peloponnese and Corfu, reflecting ...
The British or Lancastrian School at Milapidea, Livadi. Photography by J. Bennet 2002. Principal Investigator: Deborah Harlan (Oxford) In 1797, Napoleon's conquest of the Venetian Republic ushered in a turbulent period in the island's history, resulting by the end of the first decade of the 19th century in the establishment of a British Occupation (1808-1813) and then Protectorate (1813-1863) of ...
submitted by Peter Vanges on 20.01.2005
From, Chapter 40, pp. 193-199. Peter Vanges Kythera. A History. Publisher: Kytherian Association of Australia. 1993. Kythera is full of churches. There is a church in every village, every town, on hill tops, in valleys or caves near the sea, or hidden in the centre of the island. These are simple, beautiful or majestic depending on where they are located. But none ...
submitted by Peter Vanges on 19.01.2005
Kytherian dress [Being], Chapter 43 Peter Vanges. Kythera. A History. 1993. Publisher: Kytherian Association of Australia. Sydney. Any attempt to trace and define a purely Kytherian dress would be very difficult, especially when one considers that over the years the island was under the influence of so many outside forces. Furthermore, ...
submitted by Hugh Gilchrist on 28.08.2005
First section of Chapter XI Australians and Greeks 1 The Early Years Halstead Press Sydney 1992 pp.190-222 [Part B - Continuation of previous entry] From Kythira, too, came several unrelated Kasimatis families. Antonios Kasimatis was a lad of 13, the eldest of seven children from the village of Drymona, when he reached Sydney in 1905. After working in Greek shops he was joined in ...
submitted by Hugh Gilchrist on 17.01.2005
First section of Chapter XI Australians and Greeks 1 The Early Years Halstead Press Sydney 1992 pp.190-222 If there is a single word which summarises the lives of most Greeks in Australia early in the 20th century it is shop-keeping. How many Greeks owned shops or restaurants at any time, as distinct from those who rented or managed them—let alone those who served as waiters, shop assistants, fish-cleaners ...
submitted by Peter Bouras on 13.01.2005
Rural Greek societies - hence societies such as Kythera - are characterized in Bouras's work as 0ral - rather than literate lived - rather than theorised about, and pragmattic - rather than theoretical. Here Bouras defines the difference between her pethera, a rural Greek woman, and herself, an urban Australian, "theoretician". In the process she uncovers some of the socio-psychology of numerous Kytherian women; with whom, we, of the second generation ...
submitted by Tess Mallos on 12.01.2005
From, The 200 years History of Australian Cooking Polly Book Publishing Company Pty Ltd Balmain. 1988 ISBN 0 947110 01 1 Grecian Gifts Greece and Cyprus As with other cuisines, those of Greece and Cyprus have given their particular gifts to the Australian kitchen by various means. However the early Grecian gifts bestowed on the people of their new land had little to do with Greek ...
submitted by Bill Psaltis on 14.02.2005
Kythera GREECE to Sydney AUSTRALIA A CENTURY OF CHANGE As we enter the 21st century it is taken for granted that somebody, usually our parents will shelter protect and guide us through our early life. Today, basic needs, food ,clothing, health, education, even entertainment and sport are provided as part of a normal life style. It was not always thus, 100 years ago there was ...
submitted by Jim Tzannes on 09.01.2005
Multicultural Communities Online. Official Publication of the Online WA Multicultural Communities Gateway. Volume 3, Issue 4 October 2002 Page 9 At: http://www.multicultural.online.wa.gov.au/wppuser/owamc/sept02news/page9.html The Greek presence in Western Australia: an outline history By: Dr John N. Yiannakis. Until recently it was accepted that the first Greek to arrive in W.A. was a Castellorizian ...
submitted by Hugh Gilchrist on 08.01.2005
From, Hugh Gilchrist's Australians and Greeks. Volume II. The Middle Years Chapter XIV Guides for the Greeks pages 253-257. Between 1915 and 1939 three Greek books were published in Australia. All had a similar purpose: to guide Australia’s Greeks and promote their welfare. What they also did was to raise comparisons between aspects of the Greek and the Australian way of life, as then lived. The third of these was.....
From, Hugh Gilchrist's Australians and Greeks. Volume II. The Middle Years Chapter XIV Guides for the Greeks pages 253-257. Between 1915 and 1939 three Greek books were published in Australia. All had a similar purpose: to guide Australia’s Greeks and promote their welfare. What they also did was to raise comparisons between aspects of the Greek and the Australian way of life, as then lived. The second of these was.....
submitted by Peter Vanges on 08.01.2005
From, Peter Vanges. Kythera. A History. 1993. Chapter 52 Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia (NSW) Committees, 1922-2005. Seventy years ago, the Kytherian pioneers in Australia saw the need to unite the Kytherian community within a formal association which had as its objectives, fellowship, social and cultural activities and also in helping the underprivileged, by contributing to various charities both ...
From, Peter Vanges. Kythera. A History. 1993. Chapter 52 Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia (NSW) Seventy years ago, the Kytherian pioneers in Australia saw the need to unite the Kytherian community within a formal association which had as its objectives, fellowship, social and cultural activities and also in helping the underprivileged, by contributing to various charities both in Australia and in Greece. It was on ...
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