George Haros
My name is Georgios Haros tou Nikolao, Vlastos is my family’s Parapitheto/parastoukili. The term Vla...
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Oral History
History > Oral History
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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Stamatoula (Stella) Cassimatis - formerly Manolessos
In life, each one of us has to make choices and decisions - some come easily while others take time...
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Matina (Stamatina) Aroney - formerly Glitsos
A visit with Matina at her home in April 2009 encompassed all that is traditional about Greek hospit...
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Jim Panos (Zacharias Panaretos)
While I was living in Melbourne during the 1980s I enrolled in a Greek language course with the CAE....
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Charalambos Emmanuel Leondarakis (Harry Londy)
In August 2005 when we travelled to Kythera to attend the "Discover your Roots" event at Hora, we st...
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George Miller & Michael Jonson. Good Mates.
Two Of Us – George Miller and Michael Johnson Interviews by: Georgia Cassimatis Director, Dr G...
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Manolis Cassimatis The Ferry Skipper
Manolis Cassimatis or Vouros ,was born in Keramouto Kythera and was the eldest of all his brother...
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Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou. Visit to Sydney, 28th-29th August, 2004. James Coroneos's Report.
Visit to Sydney by Hellenic Folklore Research Fellow On the weekend of Saturday 28, Sunday 29 Aug...
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Maria Simos-Levounis. My Story.
Maria Simos-Levoune was born in Kythera on the 10/10/1934; she came to Australia in 1948. In 1958 sh...
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A chapter of Cassimatis family history
The Cassimatis family originated from the village of Keramoto of Kythera island. The first Manolis C...
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