Maria Vardas
My name is Maria Vardas. I was Maria (Μαριγη) Poteres, but my surname changed to Vardas when I marri...
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"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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John Vardas
My full name is John George Vardas and I was born on the 18th of June 1918. However, for many years...
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Les Kepreotis
Leslie Kepreotis was born on the 25th of March 1912 in the village of Kypriotianika, Kythera and pas...
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Doreen Kepreotis
My name is Doreen Kepreotis and I was born in Werris Creek to Greek-born parents on the 5th of augus...
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George Haros
My name is Georgios Haros tou Nikolao, Vlastos is my family’s Parapitheto/parastoukili. The term Vla...
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Lily Crithary
My name is Argiro (Lily) Drakou and it became Argiro Crithary when I married my late husband John. I...
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Emanuel Casimatis
My name is Emanuel Casimatis and I was born in Pitsinianika, Kythera on the 21st of April 1918. My m...
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Andrew Casimatis
My name is Andrew Gerald Casimatis and I was born in the month of October, 1920 in Pitsinianika, Kyt...
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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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(03) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: Stamatina Aronis Papadominakos
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) [[picture:"matergrand.jpg" ID:837]] My m...
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(06) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: The Spectre of War
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) The strong conviction existed within th...
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